At least five people, including four of a family, were killed in separate incidents in Chittagong and Sylhet on Thursday.
In Chittagong, an elderly man was stabbed to death allegedly by a mugger in Chittagong city’s Bakalia on Thursday when he tried to nab the mugger who was attempting to flee after mugging in the area.
Police, however, nabbed the alleged killer Showkat, 28, hailing from Comilla, with the machete which was used for killing, said Mohammad Mohsin, officer-in-charge of Bakalia police station.
Showkat stabbed Golam Mostafa, 60, from Brahamanbaria, who was a caretaker in a building on Hazi Amin Road in the area around 6am when Mostafa caught him red-handed when he was attempting to flee after mugging from another person, said the OC.
Showkat stabbed Mostafa’s abdomen indiscriminately and fled away, leaving him dead on the spot, he said.
Later, police recovered the body and sent it to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, added the OC.
A case was lodged with Bakalia police station in this regard.
During interrogation, Showkat confessed to the police that he had stabbed Mostafa.
In Sylhet, four people of a family were hacked to death at Laxanaband union under Golapganj upazila of the district by addicted family person.
The deceased were identified as killer’s mother Shamsunnahar, 55, sister Mariam, 22, son Tanvir, 3 and a relative.
The incident took place at around 3:30pm yesterday afternoon.
Killer’s father Abdul Aziz said killer Abdus Salam Furuk was addicted last few days and in the afternoon he killed his family members for unknown reason.
