Septuagenarian woman killed in bomb attack in Pabna

A septuagenarian woman was killed and her daughter-in-law injured in a bomb attack at Charbalrampur village of Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Mohirun Begum, 75, wife of Taju Pramanik, a resident of the village, UNB reports.

Subrata Kumar, sub-inspector of Pabna Sadar Police Station, said miscreants hurled a bomb in their house around 5.30am, leaving Mohiron and her daughter-in-law Reshman Khatun, 30, critically injured.

Later they were rushed to Pabna General Hospital where Mohiron succumbed to her injuries around 9.30am.