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Two people were killed in separate stabbing incidents in Jessore. The incident took place in Ghurulia village of Sadar upazila and Barandi Nathpara of the city on Friday (March 31) night.

The deceased are Yunus (22) son of Abdul Latif of Ghurulia Saddamer Mor area of Jessore Sadar Upazila and Nahid Hasan (17) son of Mohammad Bachchu Molla of Nawapara area of Sheikhhati suburb.

According to local and hospital sources, elder brother Yunus was killed by the stabbing of younger brother Yusuf in Ghurulia village of the upazila. Yusuf had a fight with his elder sister Suraiya around 8:30 pm on Friday. At one point, Yusuf stabbed elder brother Yunus in the chest. When the relatives took Yunus to Jessore 250 bed General Hospital in a bloody state, the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Locals also said that the attacker Yusuf is a drug addict. He is accused of molesting girls in the area. For a long time he was harassing his elder sister Suraiya. As a result of this, there have been incidents of quarrels and murders.

On the other hand, Nahid Hasan was killed in Barandi Nathpara of the city. Nahid used to trade motor parts with his elder brother Borhan on RN Road in the city. On Friday night, Hasan (13), formerly known to him, was hanging out with a group of unidentified teenagers in Barandi Nathpara area. At that time, due to a dispute between senior and junior, those teenagers stabbed Nahid and ran away. Hasan was also injured in the stabbing. Later local people rescued them and took them to Jessore 250 Bed General Hospital. There, the doctor on duty in the emergency department declared Nahid dead.

Jessore Additional Superintendent of Police (Operation) Belal Hossain said that those involved in the two murders have been identified. Multiple teams of police have continued operations to arrest them.