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'''Abu Sayed''' ({{lang-bn|আবু সাঈদ}}; শিবিরকর্মী)<!-- Please provide source before adding birthday --> died 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh islami chatrashibir on 16 July 2024,<ref>{{cite news |title=How Abu Sayed was shot and killed in Rangpur during clash between police and protesters |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/how-abu-sayeed-was-shot-and-killed-rangpur-during-clash-between-police-and-protesters |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[The Business Standard]] |date=17 July 2024 |language=en |archive-date=17 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717062718/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/how-abu-sayeed-was-shot-and-killed-rangpur-during-clash-between-police-and-protesters |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Islam |first1=Shariful |last2=Alamgir |first2=Mohiuddin |title=Abu Sayed's death in police firing: Cops' FIR runs counter to known facts |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/abu-sayeds-death-police-firing-cops-fir-runs-counter-known-facts-3662771 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |date=27 July 2024 |language=en |access-date=28 July 2024 |archive-date=27 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727231254/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/abu-sayeds-death-police-firing-cops-fir-runs-counter-known-facts-3662771 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=রংপুরে শিক্ষার্থী আবু সাঈদকে লক্ষ্য করে পুলিশের গুলি, ঠিক কী ঘটেছিল? |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c9e970d90e3o |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=[[BBC Bangla]] |date=17 July 2024 |language=bn |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728212620/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c9e970d90e3o |url-status=live }}</ref> while participating in the [[2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement]]. Sayed was a student of [[Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur|Begum Rokeya University]] and was involved in the protest in front of the university when the police engaged in [[Baton charge|lathi charges]] and opened fire on the students.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 2024 |title=Student in Rangpur killed during clash between police and protesters |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/student-dies-police-firing-quota-protest-rangpur-900751 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717093954/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/student-dies-police-firing-quota-protest-rangpur-900751 |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[The Business Standard]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Student killed in clash between police and quota protesters in Rangpur |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/01c5b47fbb51 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716190644/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/01c5b47fbb51 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[bdnews24.com]] |language=en}}</ref>
'''Abu Sayed''' ({{lang-bn|আবু সাঈদ}}; শিবিরকর্মী)<!-- Please provide source before adding birthday --> died 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the [[Bangladesh Police]] on 16 July 2024,<ref>{{cite news |title=How Abu Sayed was shot and killed in Rangpur during clash between police and protesters |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/how-abu-sayeed-was-shot-and-killed-rangpur-during-clash-between-police-and-protesters |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[The Business Standard]] |date=17 July 2024 |language=en |archive-date=17 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717062718/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/how-abu-sayeed-was-shot-and-killed-rangpur-during-clash-between-police-and-protesters |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Islam |first1=Shariful |last2=Alamgir |first2=Mohiuddin |title=Abu Sayed's death in police firing: Cops' FIR runs counter to known facts |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/abu-sayeds-death-police-firing-cops-fir-runs-counter-known-facts-3662771 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |date=27 July 2024 |language=en |access-date=28 July 2024 |archive-date=27 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727231254/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/abu-sayeds-death-police-firing-cops-fir-runs-counter-known-facts-3662771 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=রংপুরে শিক্ষার্থী আবু সাঈদকে লক্ষ্য করে পুলিশের গুলি, ঠিক কী ঘটেছিল? |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c9e970d90e3o |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=[[BBC Bangla]] |date=17 July 2024 |language=bn |archive-date=28 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728212620/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/c9e970d90e3o |url-status=live }}</ref> while participating in the [[2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement]]. Sayed was a student of [[Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur|Begum Rokeya University]] and was involved in the protest in front of the university when the police engaged in [[Baton charge|lathi charges]] and opened fire on the students.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 July 2024 |title=Student in Rangpur killed during clash between police and protesters |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/student-dies-police-firing-quota-protest-rangpur-900751 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717093954/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/student-dies-police-firing-quota-protest-rangpur-900751 |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[The Business Standard]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Student killed in clash between police and quota protesters in Rangpur |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/01c5b47fbb51 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716190644/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/01c5b47fbb51 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=[[bdnews24.com]] |language=en}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==

Revision as of 17:26, 14 October 2024

Abu Sayed
আবু সাঈদ
Abu Sayed in 2024 quota reform movement, holding Bangladeshi flag
Born1999
Pirganj, Rajshahi, Bangladesh (now Rangpur)
Died16 July 2024(2024-07-16) (aged 24–25)
Rangpur City, Rangpur, Bangladesh
Cause of deathGunshot wounds[1]
Resting placePirganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh[2]
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationBegum Rokeya University, Rangpur
OccupationStudent
Known forCoordinator of Anti-discrimination Students Movement; among the first to die during the quota reform movement
Movement2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement (Student–People's uprising)
Parent(s)Maqbul Hossain (father)
Monowara Begum (mother)

Abu Sayed (Template:Lang-bn; শিবিরকর্মী) died 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024,[3][4][5] while participating in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Sayed was a student of Begum Rokeya University and was involved in the protest in front of the university when the police engaged in lathi charges and opened fire on the students.[6][7]

Early life

Abu Sayed grew up in Babanpur village of Pirganj Upazila of Rangpur (then part of Rajshahi). His father is Maqbul Hossain and his mother is Monowara Begum. He was the youngest of a family of six brothers and three sisters.[8] He won a talent pool scholarship from the local Junuder Para Government Primary School in the fifth grade. Later, he passed SSC with a Golden GPA-5 from Khalashpir Bilateral High School.[citation needed] After completing SSC, he received a scholarship from the Babylon Group, called the Babylon Scholarship Program, to complete his college education. Then he passed HSC from Rangpur Government College with a GPA-5. Later, he was admitted to the English department at Begum Rokeya University.[9] He was a 12th batch student in English Department of Begum Rokeya University.[10]

2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement

Abu Sayed was an activist of the quota reform movements of 2013 and 2018. After the new quota reform movement began on 6 June 2024, he became involved as the coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement at Rangpur Begum Rokeya University. He published a Facebook post on 15 July 2024, referring to Mohammad Shamsuzzoha, a martyr in the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising,

Sir! We need you desperately at this moment, sir! All your contemporaries have passed away. Yet you remain immortal even in death. Your grave is an inspiration to us. We are invigorated in your spirit

You, too, will eventually succumb to death, according to the laws of nature. But as long as you live, live with a backbone. Support just demands, take to the streets, and stand as a shield for the students. You will receive genuine honor and respect. You will not fade into the annals of time upon your death. You will live forever as a Shamsuzzoha. Dying as a 'Shamsuzzoha' is far more joyous, honorable, and glorious.[11][12]

Death

File:Abu-sayeed-the-bravest-son-of-bangladesh.jpg
Sayed stretching his chest just before being shot
External videos
Video of Sayed being shot by police via YouTube channel of Jamuna Television
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video icon রংপুরে সংঘর্ষের মাঝে গুলিতে নিহত শিক্ষার্থী আবু সাঈদ (Student Abu Sayed shot dead by bullets during the clash in Rangpur)

On 16 July, between 2:30 and 3:00 pm, quota reform protesters and police clashed in front of Begum Rokeya University. Police fired tear gas and baton-charged to disperse protesting students. Most of the students left while Abu Sayed remained. The police were firing rubber bullets from the opposite direction. Abu Sayed was subsequently shot four times by a police officer.[13] He died before being taken to hospital.[14][15][16]

Legacy

A graffiti of Sayed streching his chest, Chattogram
Abu Sayed Gate, Jamuna Future Park

The poet Shahidullah Faraji wrote a poem named after him called বীর আবু সাঈদ (lit. 'Valiant Abu Sayed'), calling him the "hero of the generation".[17] The name of Rangpur Park intersection was changed to Shaheed Abu Sayed Chatwar by the students in his honour.[18][19][20][21][22] Following the exile of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the dissolution of her cabinet due to the protests, interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus remarked that Sayed was "in every person's heart in Bangladesh." Yunus later paid homage to Sayed at his grave in Rangpur on 10 August.[23]

  • A painting of Sayed being shot
    A painting of Sayed being shot
  • Death certificate of Sayed
    Death certificate of Sayed

See also

References

  1. ^ "Student in Rangpur killed during clash between police and protesters". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ Abbas, Md; Karmaker, Kongkon (17 July 2024). "Bullets end life of family's brightest star". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  3. ^ "How Abu Sayed was shot and killed in Rangpur during clash between police and protesters". The Business Standard. 17 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ^ Islam, Shariful; Alamgir, Mohiuddin (27 July 2024). "Abu Sayed's death in police firing: Cops' FIR runs counter to known facts". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "রংপুরে শিক্ষার্থী আবু সাঈদকে লক্ষ্য করে পুলিশের গুলি, ঠিক কী ঘটেছিল?". BBC Bangla (in Bengali). 17 July 2024. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Student in Rangpur killed during clash between police and protesters". The Business Standard. 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Student killed in clash between police and quota protesters in Rangpur". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  8. ^ সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব; দিনাজপুর (16 July 2024). "আদরের ছোট ছেলে সাঈদের মৃত্যুতে পাগলপ্রায় মা, বারবার মূর্ছা যাচ্ছেন". The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh shuts down educational institutions after 6 students killed, dozens injured in protests". Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  10. ^ "বেরোবি শিক্ষার্থী আবু সাঈদের দাফন সম্পন্ন, জানাজায় মানুষের ঢল". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 17 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  11. ^ "'যতদিন বেঁচে আছেন মেরুদণ্ড নিয়ে বাঁচুন' মৃত্যুর আগে আবু সাইদের বার্তা". Daily Jugantor. 17 July 2024.
  12. ^ "কোটা সংস্কার আন্দোলনঃ পুলিশের গুলিতে নিহত সাঈদের শেষ পোস্ট, 'শামসুজ্জোহা' হয়ে মরে যাওয়াটা বেশি গর্বের". 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Why was Abu Sayed shot dead in cold blood?". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 18 July 2024. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  14. ^ "রংপুরে যেভাবে গুলিবিদ্ধ হলেন আন্দোলনকারী আবু সাঈদ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  15. ^ "স্যার! এই মুহূর্তে আপনাকে ভীষণ দরকার, স্যার!". Prothom Alo. 17 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  16. ^ "BRUR student Abu Sayed laid to eternal rest". July 2024. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  17. ^ Faraji, Shahidullah (1 July 2024). "বীর আবু সাঈদ". M Zamin (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  18. ^ "রংপুর পার্ক মোড়ের নাম ‌'শহীদ আবু সাঈদ চত্বর' দিলেন শিক্ষার্থীরা". Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  19. ^ "রংপুর পার্ক জংশনের নাম দিয়েছে শিক্ষার্থীরা 'আবু সাঈদ চাতওয়ার'". Somoyn (in Bengali). 17 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Student killed in clash with police in Rangpur". Daily Sun. July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Rokeya University student killed in Rangpur clash". Prothom Alo. 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  22. ^ "6 killed in Dhaka, CTG, Rangpur as quota protesters, police, BCL activists clash". The Business Standard. 17 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Chief Adviser Yunus visits Sayed's Rangpur home, condoles family members". Dhaka Tribune. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
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