Chhatra League activist killed in Jessore bomb attack

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League was killed in a bomb attack at Chandrapur village in Jhikargacha upazila of Jessore on Wednesday. The deceased is Abbas Hossain, 40, son of Hazra Moral and brother of upazila BCL general secretary Kamal Hossain. Locals said some unidentified miscreants hurled a bomb targeting Abbas and his brother when they were standing in front of their house around 11:30 am. However, Kamal managed to escape the attack but Abbas sustained serious injuries. He later died on the way to hospital. Imran Mehedi, assistant superintendent of police in the district, said the attack might have been launched centring on a factional rivalry.