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Vol. 5 Num 109 Sat. September 11, 2004  
   
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Interpol team inspects Hasina's car


Interpol investigators yesterday examined the vehicle of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina that received several bullet- and grenade splinter-hits on August 21.

Meanwhile, an Interpol team member, terrorism expert Xin Hu, left Bangladesh Thursday night, leaving behind his colleagues -- fire tool-mark examiner Robert Thompson, explosives enforcement officer Frev Bredford, public safety and security specialist Marash Vucilaj and public safety and terrorism expert Jeffery Eyles -- to carry on with the probe.

Yesterday, for the first time in its nearly two-week stay in Dhaka, the Lyon-based International Criminal Police Organisation team went to Sudha Sadan, the opposition leader's Dhanmondi residence, to inspect her bullet-proof sports utility vehicle. Retired Major General AMSA Amin Chowdhury, advisor to AL, accompanied the team during the visit.

Earlier, Gibson Wilson, a forensic expert of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), examined the vehicle and sent some evidence to FBI laboratory in the USA, the report on which is yet to reach here.

No journalist was allowed to enter Sudha Sadan during the Interpol experts' stay there. The experts also did not make any comment.

Chowdhury later told the newsmen they co-operated with the Interpol team, because the vehicle is an evidence of the attack as well as to be courteous with the foreigners. But, he reiterated that the main opposition AL does not have any trust or confidence in any of the government-initiated investigations.

Earlier, in the morning, the Interpol team made another visit to the Bangabandhu Avenue spot of the grenade attack that killed 19 people and maimed and injured more than 200 others.

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Interpol experts visit Sudha Sadan in Dhanmondi yesterday to examine the bullet-riddled car of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina who escaped an assassination attempt on August 21. PHOTO: STAR