Mob kills 2 'robbers' at Patiya
Staff Correspondent, Ctg
A mob killed two alleged robbers at Shikalbaha in Patiya on Saturday night, raising the lynching death count to 14 in Chittagong in August.The identity of those killed Saturday could not be known. Police and witnesses said the locals challenged a group of six on suspicion at Shikalbaha Bazar at around 10:00pm. They searched them and recovered a light gun with ammunition. The locals beat up the gang suspecting them as robbers. Two of them died on the spot, while others managed to escape, police said. Police suspect that the gang was going to commit robbery at Shikalbaha Bazar that night. Police sent the bodies to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for autopsy. A case was filed with Patiya Police Station. Earlier, three alleged muggers were killed and one injured by a mob in Chandanaish thana on August 17. The injured mugger died at the CMCH the following day. Four alleged muggers were lynched by a mob in Patiya and Sitakunda incidents on August 2, while another mugger was beaten to death in the city on August 8.
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