The New Nation - Internet Edition

Chitagong Correspondent

A minor boy and a girl smashed to death together when an old boundary wall collapsed on them Wednesday morning at Middle Rampur area in the city.

The victims were identified as Panna (10), daughter of Abdul Malek and Sohel (8), son of Mohammad Selim. Both of them reportedly hailed from Maijdee Court in Noakhali.

Civil defense people with the assistance of locals recovered the bodies and handed those over to Halisahar police. Police sent the bodies to Chitagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for autopsy.

Rescuers and police said that the children had been walking beside the decayed boundary wall at about 11:20 a.m. Suddenly, a big portion of the collapsing wall fell on them. Both the children died instantly.

Duty officer at Halisahar police station Debashis Debu told this correspondent that a case of unnatural death would be recorded after autopsy report comes.