Dhaka, Dec. 22 -- Police have defended their response to attacks on the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, saying they refrained from forceful action to avoid loss of life.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Additional Commissioner for Crime and Operations SN Md Nazrul Islam said officers chose not to intervene aggressively on the night of the attacks because doing so could have resulted in fatalities.

"The reason we could not go into action there was to ensure that no human life was lost," he told a press conference in Dhaka on Monday.

"Given how big this incident was, I would say it is an achievement that it was handled without any casualties."

"Property damage can be compensated, but when a human life is lost, it cannot be bro...