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Bangladesh: Four of a family killed, several injured in Magura polls violence
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DHAKA, 16 October 2021, (TON): Four of a family were killed and several others injured as supporters of two UP member hopefuls in the Jagdal Union Parishad elections clashed in Magura Sadar upazila yesterday.
Police and locals said “there had been a long-standing conflict between Nazrul Islam, incumbent member of ward-3 (Dakshin Jagdal), and Syed Ali over becoming candidate of the ward.”
They said “around 4:00pm, Nazrul and Ali locked into an altercation when Ali declared himself as the member candidate for the ward in the UP polls, scheduled to be held in the second phase on November 11.”
Both are inhabitants of Dakshin Jagdal village.
They added “following this, supporters of Nazrul attacked those of Ali around 5:00pm. The two groups then attacked each other with sharp weapons and iron rods in Dakshin Jagdal village, injuring 20 people.”
Four of them died on the way to Magura Sadar Hospital, said on-duty doctor Rafikul Islam, adding that the others were undergoing treatment at the hospital.
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