Members of the Bangladeshi neighborhood are mourning the on Thursday of worldwide scholar, Md Isfaqur Rahman (Sifat), following an assault throughout a break-in at his residence within the Darwin suburb of Millner.
The 23-year-old man, who was enrolled at Charles Darwin College, was left in a vital situation following the assault at about 4.25am on Wednesday.
detained a 29-year-old man in reference to the assault and a murder investigation has since been opened.
The college’s Bangladeshi Pupil Affiliation staged an anti-violence rally following the dying.
A neighborhood member, Dilshana Parul, who resides in a suburb adjoining to Millner, informed SBS Bangla that the neighborhood was shaken by the “actually scary and actually upsetting” assault.
She stated it has sparked neighborhood security considerations.
“I got here to Darwin in 2017. We by no means locked our balcony doorways. Yesterday, for the primary time in seven years, we slept with the balcony door locked,” Ms Parul stated.
“Throughout that evening, one other girl of our Bangladeshi neighborhood had her home damaged into.
“Break-ins are random within the NT. It might probably and do occur to anybody’s residence at any time. We’re in such a state of affairs.”
Ms Parul confirmed that the coed had solely arrived in Australia three months in the past and quite a lot of neighborhood members had visited him in hospital.
“The saddest half is the boy solely arrived in February,” she stated.
Northern Territory appearing Police Commissioner, Michael Murphy, provided condolences to the Bangladeshi neighborhood and the coed’s household.
He informed Sky Information on Friday: “It is simply not the Darwin that we all know and I can reassure the Northern Territory neighborhood that the police are doing every little thing we will to make sure that these mindless acts of violence stop.”
Charles Darwin College (CDU) issued a press release confirming that the coed was finishing his Grasp of Engineering.
“On behalf of your complete College, we prolong our deepest sympathies to Sifat’s household and mates. Additionally, to our Bangladeshi Pupil Affiliation, who’s one among our most lively and passionate scholar teams,” Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman stated.
“That is very tough information to course of. We open our metropolis and college to worldwide college students with the promise of a secure and supportive surroundings characterised by enduring friendships, significant training and coaching, and affluent careers.”
