JL leader killed in Khulna gun attack

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UNB, Khulna :
A local Jubo League leader was killed and another person injured in a gun attack coupled with bomb blasts at Bejerdanga in Fultala upazila on Friday night.
The deceased as identified as Jony Mollah, 30, vice-president of Bejerdanga union unit of Jubo League, the associate youth wing of Awami League, and son of Yusuf Mollah of the upazila headquarters.
Officer-in-Charge of Fultala Police Station Asaduzzaman said a group of six miscreants on
two motorcycles hurled several hand bombs at Jony and later opened fire on him around 7:45pm when he was having tea at a shop by Bejerdanga Railway Station, leaving him dead on the spot.
Another man, Mahbub, also suffered wounds during the attack. He was admitted to Fultala Upazila Health Complex.
Jony was accused in a number of cases filed with different police stations, said police.
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