Abe's assassination is disgusting and cowardly: BNP

The BNP has condemned the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe terming it "disgusting and cowardly."

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed deep shock over the incident. 

In a condolence message, he said: "The killing of the former prime minister of Japan is disgusting and cowardly.”

The BNP leader said  the global community has got terrified and worried by this tragic incident.

“The people of Bangladesh and the BNP have also become shocked and disappointed by this heartbreaking incident,” he added.

Stating that the international community has lost a world leader, the BNP leader said: "He (Abe) was a veteran, experienced, prudent politician and a good ruler.”

“The perpetrators of this inhuman bloody incident can never be allies of humanity,” he observed. 

He prayed for eternal peace for the departed soul of Abe.