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Vol. 5 Num 139 Mon. October 11, 2004  
   
Metropolitan


Youth killed in gas explosion, boy dies in wall collapse


A 10-year-old boy died in a wall collapse while a youth was killed in a gas explosion in the city yesterday.

Tutul, a class four student of Wari Primary School, was playing near his house at Rabi Daspara in Banogram at around 11:00am when a part of the boundary wall fell on him.

He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared him dead.

And at Khilgaon, an abandoned container, filled with gas, exploded when Sohel, 30, tried to cut it open with a drill machine at 7:30am.

Fatally injured Sohel died on his way to the DMCH.