8 killed as truck: ploughs thru Khagrachhari crowd

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Unb, Khagrachhari :
Eight people, including women and children, were killed and eight others injured as a truck ploughed through a crowd at Alutila in Sadar upazila on Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as Neimra Marma, 40, Ukraching Marma, 6, Usanu Marma, 18, residents of Chourangchhari area, and Pulu Marma, 16,
Sathoipro Marma, 14, Tuntuni Marma, 6, Ongkaching Marma, 18, and Boby Marma, 16, residents of Matiranga area.
Witnesses said, over 1000 people gathered at Alutila Bihar to take part in the funeral of Bhadanta Chandramani Mahasthabir, a monk of Alutila Shangshak Nagar Buddhist Bihar, in the morning.  
Suddenly, a Khagrachhari-bound stone-laden truck from Chittagong ploughed into the roadside programme of the Buddhist community around 11:30am after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving seven people dead on the spot and nine others injured, said officer-in-charge of Matiranga Police Station Shahadat Hossain Titu.
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