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Union council election: Two die in Satkania clashes
Two people have been killed in union council election clashes at Satkania’s Nalua and Bazalia unions.
News Desk
Two people have been killed in union council election clashes at Satkania’s Nalua and Bazalia unions, sources say.
A young man was killed on Monday afternoon during a clash between the supporters of two candidates outside the Marfula Board centre in Nalua’s Ward-8. A person of about 35 years of age was also killed in a clash between two chairman candidates at Bazalia Union Ward-2 around 10 am.
“We have heard reports of two deaths so far,” said Fatema Tuz Zohra, the Satkania Upazila Nirbahi Officer. “More details will be released later.”
Voting has also been suspended at two polling centres in Chattogram’s Satkania after a clash between the supporters of two candidates in the union council elections.
Voting was suspended after violence and gunfire outside the Ganipara Government Primary School centre in Khagaria Union and the Khagaria Union Parishad centre, said Umar Faruk, the magistrate on duty. The two centres are only a short distance from each other.
According to eyewitnesses, supporters of Awami League candidate Aktar Hossain and independent candidate Jashim Uddin gathered outside the two centres carrying makeshift weapons at 9:30 am.