A BNP leader was killed in a bomb attack by unidentified terrors at Bamundi bazar in Gangni uapzila of the northwestern frontier district on Sunday night. Police and locals said the deceased, Kajol Mahmud, 27, was joint secretary of Gangni upazila Juba Dal, the youth front of ruling BNP, and brick businessman by profession. Witnesses said two assailants riding a motorbike hurled three hand-bombs at Kajol while he was taking tea at a tea-stall in the bazar at 7:17pm. "Leaving him critically injured". He died on the way while being rushed to Kushtia General Hospital at about 8:30PM
"The blasts scared local shopkeepers into pulling their shutters down. Panic spread in the area," says a spot report. On December 13, Mangol Chandra Patrol, a local jeweler, was also bombed to death by unidentified terrorists. |