INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A woman has become the latest family member of a British family of five on holiday in Bangladesh to die from a suspected poisoning.Samira
Islam, 20, died on Friday after she was discovered unconscious in a locked room by police officers on 26 July
Her father, Rafiqul Islam, 51, a taxi driver, and his 16-year-old son, Mahiqul, also died in the rented flat in the eastern city of
They have since been released from hospital, a source told the BBC.The family, from the Riverside area of Cardiff, were on a two-month
holiday visiting relatives in the country
After eating dinner on Monday 25 July, the family were found unconscious the following day by relatives who raised the alarm having heard
all family members had slept in the same room, the doors were locked and there was no sign of forced entry.Samira was previously in critical
condition and on life support in hospital
with the relatives of the victims
with the relatives who were in the apartment and other residents of the building
news.Muhibur Islam, an official at the Jalalia mosque and Islamic education centre, has known the family for many years
remain anonymous.Kanaya Singh, a Labour councillor for Riverside, said everyone in the community he had talked to spoke highly of the
Sylhet for the funeral of Rafiqul and Mahiqul, according to the BBC.
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
