DHAKA – Two Bangladeshi cricketers who narrowly escaped last week s deadlymosque attacks in New Zealand have married their fiancees.
Mehidy Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman were among 17 members of the BangladeshTest cricket team touring New Zealand who were driven up to a Christchurchmosque as the shooting began.
They later watched as blood-soaked victims staggered from the building,according to team manager Khaled Mashud, who said if they had arrived justa few minutes later the team could have been caught up in the massacre.
Off-spinner Mehidy announced that he had married his long-term sweetheartRabeya Akhter Priti on Thursday in a ceremony in the southwesternBangladeshi city of Khulna.
“I am starting a new journey in my life today. I would like to request theblessings of all my fans and well wishers for my new beginning. May theRahmat of Allah always shower upon us,” Mehidy said in his officialFacebook page.
Meanwhile, pace bowler Rahman married his cousin, psychology student SamiaParvin Shimu, in their rural home on Friday, his brother told AFP.
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“We were looking for a suitable time for his marriage… Now if it can helphim overcome the shock, we will be really happy,” Mahfuzur Rahman said.
The team was in Christchurch for their third and final Test match againstthe home side scheduled to begin last Saturday, which was promptlycancelled to allow the cricketers to return home.
Fifty people died in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch in what isbelieved to be the worst assault on Muslims in a Western country. FiveBangladeshis were among those killed. – APP/AFP
