2 muggers killed, 2 injured in mass beating
Friday, 7 November 2008
SAVAR, Nov 6 (UNB): Two alleged muggers were killed and two others injured in a mob beating when they were fleeing after snatching and injuring three people at a kitchen market at Birulia here Thursday.
Police said four muggers snatched Tk 80,000 from a businessman at the local kitchen market and tried to flee the scene by a microbus.
Hearing shouts of the businessman, the devotees, who were coming out from a nearby mosque after Fazr prayers, chased the muggers.
Being chased, the muggers attacked the local devotees with sharp weapons leaving three of them injured.
Later, the devotees along with other people caught the four snatchers and gave them a good beating, leaving two of them dead on the spot. They were identified as Babu (25) and Billal (25).
Police said four muggers snatched Tk 80,000 from a businessman at the local kitchen market and tried to flee the scene by a microbus.
Hearing shouts of the businessman, the devotees, who were coming out from a nearby mosque after Fazr prayers, chased the muggers.
Being chased, the muggers attacked the local devotees with sharp weapons leaving three of them injured.
Later, the devotees along with other people caught the four snatchers and gave them a good beating, leaving two of them dead on the spot. They were identified as Babu (25) and Billal (25).