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| Bangladesh |
| 2 killed as AL factions clash |
| 2009-09-24 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] In a fierce clash between two rival groups of Awami League, two people were killed and eight others sustained severe injuries at Katanga village under Terokhada upazila of the district around 11:30am Tuesday. The dead were identified as Rabiul Islam, 28, an AL activist, and Ismail Mollah, 50. Rabiul was shot dead on the spot while Ismail succumbed to his head injury at 7:30pm at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH). Of the eight injured--Jabbar Mollah, Enayet Mollah, Rafique Mollah, Shafiullah Mollah, Ali Akbar and Rima Khatun--are now under treatment at KMCH while Mahfuz and Ali Mollah at Terokhada Upazila Health Complex. Officer-in-charge of Terokhada Police Station Mosharraf Hossain said supporters of Mostafizur Rahman, member of AL Khulna district, attacked the supporters of Shabbir Ahmed Labu, secretary of AL youth and sports of the upazila unit, over establishing supremacy in the locality. At one stage Mostafizur's men sprayed bullets on their rival group, according to the witnesses. Police and eyewitnesses said the attackers belong to lawmaker Mollah Jalaluddin faction while the victims to Chairman Sharfuddin Ahmed Bachchu faction. The attack on Sharfuddin's men was made without any provocation, added police. Police have so far arrested 18 people in this connection though no FIR was lodged with the police station. |
| Posted by:Fred |