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A painter has been killed while trying to protect his son from an attack allegedly carried out by his rivals in Natore. The son has been seriously injured and hospitalised.
Natore’s Additional Superintendent of Police Ifte Khayer Alam said the incident took place in the Kandibhita area of Natore town around midnight on Monday, bdnews24.com reports.
The victim has been identified as local resident Abul Kalam, 50.
His son Kawsar Mahmud, 25, had gotten into an altercation with some neighbours, including Hafiz, Hamza and Emon, over the parking of a motorcycle nearly a week ago.
As payback for the incident, the three of them banded together and attacked Kawser late on Monday night.
When Kalam attempted to save Kawser, the attackers hacked at both of them indiscriminately with locally-made sharp weapons and fled the scene. Both father and son were critically injured in the attack.
Abul Kalam died on the way to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, where Kawser is now undergoing treatment.
Sadar Police Station chief Shafiqul Islam said the body was sent to the Natore Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem.
A case is being prepared over the incident and police are conducting raids to arrest the attackers, he added.