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27 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali

A tourist was killed at Kuakata on Tuesday night in Tulatali area on Patuakhali-Kuakata road. Police said, Humayun Kabir, 30, son of Abdus Samad of Sontoshpur village under Mirzaganj upazila went to Kuakata by a motor bike. When he reached Tulatali near Kuakata, a gang of criminals attacked him. Hearing hue and cry, locals rushed to the spot and rescued him in a critical condition. They took him to the nearby health centre where the on-duty doctor declared him dead. Police seized a Bajaj motorcycle from the spot.