Tanzim Siam, a Bangladeshi youth shot dead by armed robbers in Boston. Photo: Bangla Press
Staff Reporter: Tanzim Siam, a young man who was seriously injured in a robbery, died after fighting for his life for forty days at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA. Siam died at the hospital around 10 am local time on Saturday (Inna Allahe Wa Inna Ilahi Raziun). It is learned that his artificial respirator was opened with the permission of his parents. On July 14, at around 9 pm, a miscreant named Stephen Samuel (25) entered a Bangladeshi-owned grocery store in Roxbury near Boston, Massachusetts, USA and took Tanzim Siam (23) hostage at gunpoint and snatched various items and money. As he was leaving the shop, the miscreant Stephen fired two shots at Siam’s head and fled. Upon receiving the news, the police rushed to the spot and rushed the seriously injured Siam to the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Boston police arrested Stephen Samuel, 25, three weeks later in the face of continued protests by expatriate Bangladeshis in Boston. Arrested Stephen has been charged with armed robbery with firearms and armed assault with intent to murder.
3 weeks after the incident, Boston police arrested Stephen Samuel, 25, an armed robber (left). Photo: Bangla Press
Tanzim Siam immigrated to the United States this year on a student visa. Before starting his studies, he started working at a Bangladeshi-owned grocery store called M&R Convenience Store in Roxbury, near Boston, four months ago to support his family. Siam has been in a coma in the hospital since he was shot on July 14.
Meanwhile, two brothers, including Tanzim’s parents, fled Bangladesh on August 3 to take a closer look at Tanzim Siam, who was seriously injured in the robber’s firing.
Tanzim Siam, who is in a coma at Massachusetts General Hospital. Photo: Bangla Press
The house of the deceased Tanjim Siam is in Noakhali district of Bangladesh. His untimely death has cast a shadow of mourning among Bangladeshis living in the United States, including Boston. Leaders and activists of different social, cultural and political parties have expressed their condolences to the bereaved families.
Many local traders said that Bangladeshi traders in Boston were still living in extreme panic over the armed robbery at a Bangladeshi-owned grocery store in Boston.
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