A teenage boy was killed while two others were critically injured on Thursday afternoon when a cannon shell they collected near a firing range of Bangladesh Army in Hathazari upazila, Chittagong exploded.
The deceased was Md Sumon, 15, son of a local farmer named Ali Hossain in Charia area under Hathazari's Mirzapur union, according to police and local sources.
The sources also said the injured – Yusuf, 13, and Sujon, 12 – were admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
However, the police outpost in the CMCH told the Dhaka Tribune that neither of the two had been brought in, when this report was filed on Thursday evening.
Hathazari police station OC Belal Uddin Jahangir told the Dhaka Tribune that the accident occurred around 1:30pm, during a live firing exercise of the army at the firing range at Charia Ward 5, which is a hilly area.
“As the training was in progress, the three boys were collecting cannon shells near the range. They set one shell on fire which caused the explosion, killing one boy and injuring the other two,” said Inspector Md Mujibur Rahman of the police station.
Mohammed Rahim Uddin Chowdhury, chairman of Mirazapur union parishad (UP), told the Dhaka Tribune: “I was informed by the local residents that a teenager was killed and two others were injured when a shell collected by them exploded.”
Earlier on October 20 last year, a man named Shahjahan, 22, from Hathazari Sadar, died from injuries in a similar accident near the firing range.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
