A pregnant woman has been stabbed to death in the Jatrabari area of Dhaka.
Sima Akhter, 22, died on Wednesday afternoon while receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
She lived with her family in a rented apartment on the ground floor of a building behind Shahid Zia Girls School and College in West Jatrabari. Sima's husband, Jewel Rana, is a fruit vendor.
The victim's father and brother reported that Sima visited her parental home on Tuesday evening. After entering the house, an unidentified person attacked her with a knife.
"I am pregnant, do not kill me," Sima reportedly cried out, but the attacker ignored her pleas and continued to stab her before fleeing the scene.
Sima was found lying on the ground and writhing in pain. Family members quickly took her to DMCH, where a surgery was performed around 12:30am on Wednesday to deliver the baby, but the newborn did not survive.
Sima, who was in critical condition, also passed away around 3:30pm.
The family could not identify the attacker, and Sima had also been unable to recognize them.
At the time of the incident, neither her husband nor her father was present in the house.
Inspector Md Bachchu Mia of the DMCH police outpost said the bodies of both the deceased newborn and Sima are in the hospital morgue.
