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News No. 45/2012, Sunday, July 08, 2012
THREE
activists of the Hill Students’ Council, a front organization of the United
Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF), were wounded in a terrorist attack by armed
men loyal to Santu Larma, president of a faction of the Jana Samhati Samiti,
sources have said.
According
to sources, the attack took place in the wee hours today (at about 3am) in the village
of Narikul Bagan in Dighinala
Upazila of Khagrachari district.
‘We
were sleeping in a house when three armed terrorists broke into the house and
then sprayed bullets on us.’ said Kanak Joti Chakma, 19, who was injured in the
attack.
He
sustained a gunshot wound on the right thigh.
The
two other PCP activists injured in the attack are Rubel Chakma, 16, son of
Muroti Mohan Chakma of Lambachara village, Merung and Palash Chakma, 18, son of
Ujjwal Kanti Chakma of village Jalbanda, Merung.
The
former is a 10th grade student of Dighinala High School and general secretary
of the PCP committee of that school, while the later is the president of PCP
Merung Union committee.
Rubel
Chakma was also hit in the right thigh while a bullet pierced through Palash
Chakma’s left foot.
The
wounded PCP activists have been admitted to Khagrachari hospital.