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| Bangladesh |
| AL leader gunned down |
| 2009-07-26 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Gunmen shot dead a Union Parishad chairman and Awami League leader in Kushtia yesterday. The deceased, Jamil Hasan Bachchu, 42, was joint general secretary of Kumarkhali upazila AL, and chairman of Kaya union parishad. Police said a gang of seven stopped Bachchu at Hatishako in Kumarkhali upazila when he was going to his village on a motorcycle at about 5:30pm. They shot him at point blank range. As Bachchu died on the spot, the gunmen fled the scene. Four bullets pierced the chest and the head of the AL leader. |
| Posted by:Fred |