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A 26-year-old man was killed and another youth injured in a shooting by unidentified assailants in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram late Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Tarek Hossain Bappi, 26, while the injured youth is Tafsir Alam Shawon, 22. Shawon has been admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for treatment.
The incident occurred in front of Saddam’s office in Alinagar, Barabkunda, on Friday night, October 16.
According to relatives cited by Nurul Alam Ashek, a sub-inspector at the CMCH police outpost, several local assailants launched a sudden attack on the two youths, leaving both with gunshot wounds.
They were taken to the hospital, where on-duty doctors declared Bappi dead. Shawon was admitted to Ward No. 2 for treatment.
Bappi was a resident of the Kurban Ali household in Madhyam Mahdabad area of Sitakunda. Shawon lives in the Yousuf’s Notun Bari area of Alinagar, Barabkunda.
The motive behind the attack and the identities of those involved were not immediately known.