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A Jubo League activist has been killed and his brother injured in an attack in Kishoreganj.
Yusuf Monir, 48, and his younger brother Yakub Sumon, 45, a councillor from ward no. 6 of the Kishoreganj municipality, came under attack in the Rathkhola area at around 9:00pm on Friday, said Md Ahsan Habib, inspector of Kishoreganj Sadar Model Police Station.
Over a hundred people with makeshift weapons attacked Monir on the Ishakha road at Rathkhola, according to local people. His brother Yakub rushed to the spot to save him and was also attacked.
Immediately after the attack, the locals took the two to Kishoreganj Sadar Hospital. The doctors there referred them to Mymensingh Sadar Hospital, where Monir died at around 10:00pm, bdnews24 reports.
Police detained at least 10 people in connection with the incident and are working to identify the other attackers, Inspector Ahsan said.