8 injured in gunfire
Three masked motorbike riders opened fire leaving at least eight people injured in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali Saturday night. According to locals, the gang went to Haji Bari Market at Bodolcourt union and opened fire indiscriminately around 10:00pm. The victims -- Amir Hossain, 30, Tajul Islam, 25, Khorshed Alam, 32, Amir Hossain, 35, Babul, 28, Nurul Amin Babu, 25, Masud, 25, and Ripon, 27, -- were admitted to Noakhali Medical College and Hospital, Chatkhil Upazila Health Complex and a local clinic. Of the injured, Babu is a BBC student of Bangladesh University of Technology in Dhaka and Khorshed Alam is a local union parishad member. The reason behind the incident still remains unclear.
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