The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Comilla

A shop owner was killed and two other people were injured in a bomb blast at his scrap shop at Sabujpara village in Brahmanpara upazila Wednesday.

Police said the explosion took place as the shop owner Billal Hossain touched a round-shaped object at his shop at about 10am. He could not identify it as a bomb. Thinking it a scrap he bought this from local people

Two legs of Billal were blown off in the blast that also left two others, Abid Ali, 70, and Ashraful Haque, class VII student of Barodhusia High School, injured. The injured were admitted to Comilla Medical College Hospital where Billal died.

Abid and Ashraful, residents of the village, were at the shop during the explosion.