Teenager killed over cricket match in city

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Staff Reporter :
An 18-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death while playing a friendly cricket match at Khilgaon in the city on Thursday night.
The victim was identified as Rusel Rony, son of Shahidul Islam, hailing from Raghunathpur village of Bakerganj Upazila in Barishal district. Rony and his family rented a house near Khilgaon Old Mosque.
He appeared in the SSC examination from Khilgaon Government Staff-Quarter College this year.
Elder brother of the deceased Abu Saleh claimed, Rony and his local friends played a cricket match at the Old Police Camp playground on Thursday. At one stage Rony and his opponents got into a dispute over the match score.
Some members of the rival team, including Akash, Rana and Siraj Masud attacked Rony after their defeat in the match and chopped in his abdomen randomly, leaving him severely injured.
Rony was first rushed to nearby Khilgaon Khidmah Hospital where he was given first aid. Condition deteriorating injured Rony was referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 10:00pm.
The body has been kept at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy.
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