However, amid countrywide protest of the attacks on the journalists, which called for a boycott of news and broadcast of the news of the Islamists, representatives from Hifazat stated later that the group regretted the attack, saying "miscreants had carried out the attacks on scribes". Hefazot Islam activists attack journalist Nadia Sharmin as she covers their long march. 
Hata hivyo, wakati maandamano ya waandishi wa habari yakiendelea nchi nzima, yaliyohimiza kususia habari pamoja na kutorusha matangazo ya habari za waislam, wawakilishi wa chama cha Hifazat walitoa tamko kwamba, kundi hilo lilijutia shambulizi hilo , kwa kusema "watu waovu ndio waliofanya mashambulizi hayo dhidi ya waandishi wa habari".