One arrested over schoolgirl killing in city

Police have detained a youth in connection with the killing of a schoolgirl in the capital's Hazaribagh area. The arrested person is identified as Siam.

Assistant Police Commissioner (Dhanmondi Zone) Mustafa Tarikuzzaman of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Thursday, said that he (Siam) was detained in a drive in Kathalbagan area.

He also said that police also recovered the knife 'used in the killing' and a bloodstained shirt.

He said that details would be shared at a press briefing later in the day.

Earlier, schoolgirl Shahriar Sharmin Binti was stabbed at Haider Hotel Lane in Hazaribagh around 9:30 pm on Wednesday.

She was first taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead at around 10:45 pm.

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