Witness says former Chattogram mayor shot at him during July Uprising

A college student has testified that former Chattogram mayor AJM Nasir fired at protesters during the July Uprising. Mohammad Hasan, a second-year political science undergraduate student at Chattogram College, appeared before the three-member panel of International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Chairman Golam Mortuza Mozumder, on Monday. He told the tribunal that he was shot in the back during the protest and showed his bullet wounds as evidence. Hasan was the 37th witness in the crimes against humanity case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun. Hasan said he and 10 friends joined the protest in Muradpur around 2pm on Jul 16, 2024. He said Awami...