Attack on police: Youth killed in ‘gunfight’

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Staff Reporter :An unidentified youth was killed when the police shot him at Senpara Parbota area under Mirpur Police Station in the city early Thursday.Sub-Inspector (SI) of Mirpur Model Police Station Jahirul Islam said that a gang of miscreants hurled several petrol and crude bombs targeting a patrol team of police in East Manipur area around 3:00am.The law enforcers instantly retaliate that triggered a fierce gunfight. A youth came in the line of fire and suffered severe bullet injuries. Police rushed the injured person to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital [DMCH] where the on duty doctors declared him dead around 3:30am.The cohorts of the victim managed to flee the scene after firing. At least four petrol bombs and six crude bombs were recovered from the spot, he said. The body has been kept at DMCH morgue for autopsy.

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