Clash leaves 50 injured in Habiganj

UNB,Habiganj
At least 50 people were injured, three of them seriously, in a clash between two rival groups at Katkhal village in Baniachang upazila yesterday.

Witnesses said the trouble erupted at about 4pm when the supporters of Shahid Mia and Safar Ali clashed over playing football on a land adjacent to a graveyard.

During the hour-long clash, both sides used lethal weapons.

Of the injured, Safar Ali, Samaruddin and Amirul Islam were admitted to Sylhet Medical College Hospital and 14 others to Habiganj Sadar Hospital.