Five persons killed in separate incidents
Sunday, 23 September 2007
Five persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.
In Chittagong, three alleged robbers were killed in a mob-lynching at Kotakhali village in Satkania Upazila Friday night.
Witnesses and police said a gang of armed robbers swooped on the houses of three businessmen in the area at about 9:30pm and started looting.
Earlier, the bandits locked the nearby mosque so that the people offering Tarabi prayers cannot come out of it.
Sensing the bandits' presence, the confined musallis (devotees) started screaming from the mosque's loud hailer saying 'dacoits', 'dacoits'.
Local people then cordoned off the area and caught three of the robbers, and gave them a tremendous thrashing, killing them on the spot.
In Pabna, a young man was killed and 20 people were injured in a fierce clash at Satiakola village in Sathia Upazila Thursday noon.
Local people said the clash started between the people of Abdul Kuddus Molla and Yusuf Ali following a previous enmity at about 12:30 pm, leaving 21 people injured.
In Kurigram, a beggar was killed in a road accident at Balakura in Sadar Upazila on the Kurigram-Rangpur Road Thursday.
In Chittagong, three alleged robbers were killed in a mob-lynching at Kotakhali village in Satkania Upazila Friday night.
Witnesses and police said a gang of armed robbers swooped on the houses of three businessmen in the area at about 9:30pm and started looting.
Earlier, the bandits locked the nearby mosque so that the people offering Tarabi prayers cannot come out of it.
Sensing the bandits' presence, the confined musallis (devotees) started screaming from the mosque's loud hailer saying 'dacoits', 'dacoits'.
Local people then cordoned off the area and caught three of the robbers, and gave them a tremendous thrashing, killing them on the spot.
In Pabna, a young man was killed and 20 people were injured in a fierce clash at Satiakola village in Sathia Upazila Thursday noon.
Local people said the clash started between the people of Abdul Kuddus Molla and Yusuf Ali following a previous enmity at about 12:30 pm, leaving 21 people injured.
In Kurigram, a beggar was killed in a road accident at Balakura in Sadar Upazila on the Kurigram-Rangpur Road Thursday.