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Robbers attack villagers

16 September 2009, 17:00 PM
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A Correspondent, Jessore
At least 10 people were injured as robbers hurled bombs and opened fire at villagers at Sultanpur under Sadar upazila. Locals said, at around 2 am yesterday, 15-20 robbers came on a microbus and stormed the house of Lokmanul Haque by breaking open his collapsible gate. They hacked Lokman and beat up his wife Fatima Bagum, 40, son Galib, 18, daughter Saima, 11, and brother Zahidul Haque, 40. When neighbours besieged the house, robbers hurled 20-25 bombs and fired 15-20 bullets at them. They, however, decamped with valuables worth Tk 1 lakh. Five villagers were also injured in bomb blasts.
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