Student hacked dead in Barisal school

A schoolboy was hacked to death and another injured by some unidentified miscreants inside their school compound in Barisal city on Saturday morning.

The deceased was identified as Hridoy, 14, a class X student of Shaheed Abdur Rouf Serniabat Government High School.

Police said that a gang of miscreants attacked Hridoy and his friend around 10:30am and stabbed the duo indiscriminately in the area adjacent to Paresh Sagor playground, leaving them critically injured.

Hridoy died on the way to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital while his friend was admitted to the hospital.