Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 97 Mon. August 30, 2004       Letters to Editor Grenade attack and its aftermath Trisa, Tokyo, Japan The gruesome grenade attack on a political party's rally took several lives last Saturday. I was very shocked hearing the news on BBC World. I vehemently condemn this heinous act. I express my sincere condolence to those who lost their near and dear ones. After hearing the news, the first question that came to my mind is, who committed the crime? Next morning, I went through several newspapers (Internet edition of course). As usual, the opposition blamed the government for its direct and indirect involvement! Many intellectuals pointed their finger at the fundamentalists! Surprisingly, far from identifying the grenade thrower, I didn't get any real clue in any newspaper about the place from where the grenade was thrown . Many people blamed the intelligence and police for failing to spot the culprits, but nobody noticed the failure of thousands of activists to see where the grenades came from. In my opinion , it might not be possible to prevent a criminal from entering such a big political rally in a country like Bangladesh. But throwing a grenade from inside a rally and running away safely after the event, crossing thousands of people, intelligence and police is mysterious! We hope, the real culprits will be identified and brought to justice.As a protest, the opposition activists chose to be violent towards public and private establishments and transports. These are activities that cannot be supported.