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2 children, mother die as haystack falls on them in Feni
A 35-year-old woman and her two minor children died as a haystack collapsed on them at Dakkhin Dharmapur village.
A 35-year-old woman and her two minor children died as a haystack collapsed on them at Dakkhin Dharmapur village in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district on Wednesday morning.
The deceased were identified as Sumi Akter, wife of Tipu Sultan, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Bahrain and her two children—Shahid, 5 and Siam, 2.
Abul Hashim, officer-in-charge of Fulgazi police station, said Sumi was cutting hay from the haystack for feeding cattle in the morning. Her two children were also there.
At one stage, the haystack collapsed on them, leaving them dead on the spot.
Local people took them to Chhagalnaiya Sadar Hospital where doctors said they were brought dead.