Journalist couple murdered in Bangladesh capital

Dhaka - Assailants on Friday killed a journalist couple at their residence in Bangladeshi capital, police said.

Golam Mustofa Sarowar, an editor for Maasranga television, and his wife Meherun Runi, a reporter at ATN Bangla television, were killed in their apartment building in central Dhaka, police officer Zakir Hossain Mollah said.

Police found Sarowar's hands and legs tied with rope and his throat cut. Runi had been beaten with sharp weapons.

Their only child, who lived with them, survived the attack.

Sarowar previously worked as a reporter for Duetsche Welle Bangla service. He returned from Germany last year and joined the private broadcaster Maasranga in December.

Police detained two suspects, including a security guard of the building

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