A 26-year-old man was killed and another youth seriously injured in a shooting by unidentified assailants in Alinagar area of Barabkunda Union under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Tarek Hossain Bappi, 26, while the injured youth is Tafsir Alam Shawon, 22, who is undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
According to police and local sources, a group of unidentified assailants suddenly opened fire on the two youths in front of a local office belonging to Saddam in Alinagar on Friday night, leaving both seriously injured at the scene.
Locals rescued them and rushed them to CMCH, where the on-duty doctors declared Bappi dead. Shawon remains under treatment in critical condition.
Confirming the incident, Sitakunda Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohinul Islam said police visited the scene soon after receiving the information.
The motive behind the attack could not immediately be confirmed, he said.
“Police operations are continuing to identify and arrest those involved in the killing. Additional police have been deployed in the area,” the OC added.
