Teacher of 3 Dhaka attack victims remembers his students

An American International School teacher has recently spoken about some of the victims of Dhaka attack.

During a US-based Vermont Public Radio programme Russell Williams gives a touchy account of three students who studied in the school.

We found his account interesting, therefore, we have reproduced the VPR report for our readers.

Click on the embedded VPR radio programme to listen his interview.

Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain who was among the 20 hostages killed brutally in Gulshan cafe siege, was a “good Muslim boy,” Williams told the US-based radio

“There's three kids from our school, two girls and one boy. All three of them studied in the states and the one boy -- Faraaz [Hossain] was a good Muslim boy,” he said.

According to one of my friends, Faraaz is seen at mosque every Friday, US radio reports quoting the teacher.

"And when the attackers quizzed him on his verses he passed and they told him he could go and he asked about his friends, the two young women that he was with. They were in western clothes and [the attackers] said no, they had to stay. And so Faraaz said that he was going to stay with them because he didn't want to leave his friends,” Williams who taught Westminster town of the state of Vermont for nearly two decades, said.

On July 1 night, armed militants attacked the upscale Gulshan eatery and butchered 20 hostages including nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshis, one Indian and one Bangladesh-born US citizen.

During the attack, militants had let Faraaz go, but not Abinta and Tarishi, but Faraaz refused to leave his friends behind and was eventually killed along with his friends and nine Italian and seven Japanese citizens inside the restaurant.

Abinta, daughter of Ruba Ahmed, chairman of Elegant Group, and Faraaz were students at Emory University in Atlanta, and had come to Bangladesh during their summer holiday.