Two young men were stabbed to death and another was injured in attacks by miscreants in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur and Hazaribagh areas on Friday night.
The deceased were Nur Islam, 26, a photographer, and Samiur Rahman, 23, an honours third-year student of Dr Maleka College and University.
Ashraful Islam, 21, a second-year student of the same institution, sustained head injuries.
Nur Islam’s brother Osman Gani told reporters at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) that he came under attack on Friday night, around 8 pm, while Nur was walking through Durga Mandir Lane in Mohammadpur. A group of muggers intercepted him, snatched his camera, and stabbed him indiscriminately in the head and both arms, he said.
He was first taken to Bangladesh Medical College Hospital and then to DMCH’s emergency unit around 9:45 pm where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
DMCH police outpost in-charge Md Faruk confirmed the death saying that the body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
About the second incident at Hazaribagh, Samiur’s aunt Mahi said around 8 pm on Friday when he and his friends were at Jigatola bus stand, around 10 to 12 attackers suddenly appeared and began stabbing them, leaving Samiur and Ashraful injured.
They were rushed them to Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and later to DMCH around 9:05 pm where doctors also declared Samiur dead. His body was also sent to the morgue for autopsy.
The injured, Ashraful Islam, is undergoing treatment at DMCH emergency department, at the time of this report.