A retired schoolteacher was killed and two others injured in a bomb and gun attack at a BNP office near the IT Gate of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday night.
The deceased is Imdadul Islam, while the injured are Mamun Sheikh, 45, organising secretary of Jogipol union BNP, and a union parishad member, and Mizanur Rahman, said police.
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Source: The Daily Star News
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