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| Bangladesh |
| Robbers shoot villager dead |
| 2010-08-11 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A robber was beaten to death by a mob after a gang of robber shot a villager dead and injured 10 others at Deputy Ghona village in Banskhali upazila of Chittagong early yesterday. Local people chased a gang of 10 to 15 armed bandits, when they were passing through the village at about 1:30am, police said. Sensing danger, the robbers opened fire on the villagers, leaving Abul Hossain, 70, critically injured. He died on the way to the local upazila health complex. During chase and counter-chase, locals managed to catch Abu Sayed, 45, one of the bandits, and severely beat him to death. At least 10 people were injured when the gang opened fire and threw brick chips at the villagers. Abu Taher, 35, one of the injured villagers, was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital with bullet injuries. SM Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Banskhali Police Station, said the gang might have planned to commit robbery in the adjoining areas. Police were conducting raids in the area to nab other members of the gang, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 and severely beat him to death. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-11 12:15 |