College student shot in Dhaka's Manikdi
He had gone out to buy mosquito coils and was returning home when the shooting occurred.
A college student was shot by unidentified assailants in the Manikdi area under Cantonment Police Station in the capital early today (28 July).
The injured is Md Karim, 18, a second-year student at Mirpur Bangla College.
The shooting occurred around 12:15am, after which Karim was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in critical condition.
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His father Rafiqul Islam said that around 12:15am, he sent his son to a nearby shop to buy mosquito coils.
After buying the coils, Karim spent some time chatting with a friend named Tuhin before heading home.
As he was passing in front of a building locally known as "32 Malik's Building" in the Amtala area, unidentified assailants opened fire indiscriminately from the darkness, leaving him with bullet injuries to both legs.
Locals rescued Karim and initially took him to a private hospital in Kurmitola.
He was later shifted to DMCH.
Doctors performed surgery during the night and removed a bullet from his right leg. The bullet that had struck his left leg had reportedly come out at the scene of the incident.
Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost, said Cantonment police have been informed about the incident and are investigating it.
