At least three people, including two children, were killed and 120 others injured in two separate clashes yesterday in Mithamoin and Karimganj upazilas of Kishoreganj district.
The deceased were Morjina Akter, 10, the daughter of Abdur Rahim and a Class IV student of a local primary school in Ghagra village, Robin Mia, 12, a Class V student and the son of Asad Mia, and Jakaria, 35, the son of Rusmat Ali of Bargharia village in Karimganj.
Mithamoin police station Officer-in-Charge Nasiruddin Bhuiyan said: “The supporters of local AL leaders Hafiz Uddin Member and Abu Naser locked into a clash, using locally made weapons, around 12pm over the establishment of supremacy in the area, leaving the children dead on the spot and about 100 others injured.”
He said: “Of the injured, Jusef, 12, Lokman Mia, 13, Shahinur Begum, 20, Toiob Ali, 30, Salam Mia, 32, Mirjahan, 14, Mukhlesur Rahman, 18, and Nabi Hossain, 25, were sent to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital and Kishoreganj Adhunik Sadar Hospital in critical conditions and others were sent to different clinics in the upazila.”
In Karimganj upazila, the supporters of Ratan Mia and Hares Mia locked into a clash around 12:30pm at Bargharia over a trivial matter, leaving Jakaria dead on the spot and 20 others injured.
Of them five were sent to hospitals in critical conditions. Additional police were deployed in the areas.