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Sheikh
Russel
Bangabandhu's youngest son
Born at Dhaka, October 18, 1964
At the time
of his death, Russel was a student of Class Four at Dhaka
University Laboratory School. In the political atmosphere
in which he spent his days, Russel had his bicycle as constant
companionship. He was especially attached to his father,
of whom he saw very little. On August 15, after everyone
else had been assassinated in the family, Russel pleaded
to be taken to his mother. The killers, in a macabre moment,
made him walk past the bodies of his close ones. Finally,
when he confronted his mother's body sprawled in the lobby,
he burst into tears. Take me to Hashu Apa' he said. Hashu
Apa was Sheikh Hasina, who was then abroad. Moments later,
the assassins put a bullet into Russel, silencing him for
good.
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