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Editor killed in bomb attack

DHAKA: Unidentified assailants on Sunday threw handmade bombs at a newspaper editor in a south-western Bangladeshi city, killing him and wounding his son, police and hospital sources said. Humayun Kabir (56), editor of the Bengali language regional newspaper Dainik Janmabhumi, was attacked as he stepped out of his car in front of his office in Khulna city, 136 km southwest of the capital, Dhaka, said police officer Sajjad Ali. Witnesses said the attackers fled after hurling at least three bombs at Mr. Kabir. He was rushed to a hospital, where he died nearly an hour later during surgery. Mr. Kabir's 27-year-old son, Asif, was wounded in the attack. Another son and daughter had entered the building, escaping injury. Police found two unexploded bombs where the attack took place.

AP

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