Assistant commissioner of the Detective Branch of Police, Rabiul Islam. Photo: Collected
Police officers Rabiul Islam and Salauddin Khan, who were injured
during standoff with gunmen last evening, died of splinter injuries,
doctors said.
Islam, assistant commissioner of the Detective Branch of Police, and
Khan, officer-in-charge of Banani Police Station, bled excessively after
the attack, said Dr Sohel Mahmud, assistant professor of forensic and
medicine department of Dhaka Medical College who conducted autopsies of
the two victims.
Splinters hit Rabiul in his right chest while Salauddin suffered splinter injuries in his throat, the doctor said.
