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Missionaries hurt in attack
Three foreign missionaries were injured in an attack by local people in Madarganj upazila of the district yesterday morning. They are Benjamin Frank, Rick Firesen and Annette Firesen. Abdul Awal, officer-in-charge of Madarganj Police Station, said all of them were Americans. According to police and locals, a team of missionaries came to Teghoria Kamarpara under the upazila to visit a spot for setting up a missionary school and a church at about 11:00am. Meanwhile, a rumour spread that the missionaries were trying to convert Muslims to Christians. At this, a group of local people vandalised the team's car, leaving three members injured. Later, police picked up three people, including Teghoria Madrasa Principal Abdul Barik, for quzzing.
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