Shot in the back: the dangers of being an opposition candidate in Bangladesh

At a library inside a small district court in southeastern Bangladesh, barrister Mahabub Uddin Khokon stood up to take off his coat and scrunched his white shirt up to his shoulders to reveal a back covered in bandages over several shotgun pellet wounds. Settling back into an office chair, the 62-year-old smiled.

from Reuters: South Asia News https://reut.rs/2EUwtnH