An activist of Bangladesh Nationalist Party was killed by unidentified miscreants in Noakhali鈥檚 Begumganj upazila on Friday.
The deceased Kabir Hossain alias Sali Kabir, 35, was the son of the late Nur Nabi of Sujaitpur village in the upazila.
The incident occurred in front of the Sujaitpur Purbo Jame Masjid at about 1:40pm.
According to locals, Kabir was an active member of the local BNP at the ward level. At Friday noon, he went to offer jumma prayers at the mosque, located next to his house. After completing the prayers, he left the mosque to head home. At that moment, five to six masked assailants arrived in front of the mosque in a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw and opened fire on him.
Kabir was shot in the head and fell to the ground. The assailants cut the vein in his left leg, slit his throat, and confirmed his death before fleeing, according to witnesses.
Md Abdullah-al-Faruq, superintendent of Noakhali police, said that upon receiving the information, they visited the scene.
