UP chairman killed in bomb attack
[Bangla Daily Star] A UP chairman was killed in a bomb attack in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore Tuesday evening.
The dead was identified as Shawkat Hossain, 58, chairman of Nirbashkhola union parishad and BNP vice-president of Jhikargachha upazila unit, reports Desh TV.
Locals said a gang hurled a bomb on Shawkat when he was sitting at a shop at Jhikargachha Bazar at about 7:00pm, leaving him critically injured.
Shawkat died at Jessore Sadar Hospital.
Posted by: Fred 2010-11-17 |