Overview
- Police said assailants opened fire at close range near the Super Star Hotel in Karwan Bazaar around 8:30 pm and then fled.
- Musabbir suffered an abdominal gunshot wound and died at a private hospital in Panthapath, while a second victim was hospitalized in stable condition.
- Security forces launched search operations to identify the attackers, with no arrests reported by Wednesday morning.
- The shooting sparked a blockade at the Saarc Fountain intersection, and army personnel later cleared the road as deployments continued for hours.
- The attack fits a pattern of recent shootings targeting opposition-linked activists under the model code of conduct before the February 12 national vote.