Bangladeshi shot dead in Jeddah

FT ONLINE

A Bangladeshi vegetables vendor been shot and killed by a Saudi citizen at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

The deceased was identified as Azizul Talukder, 40, hailed from Raipura upazila in Narsinghdi. His two sons and a daughter live with their mother in Bangladesh.

Masud Talukder, younger brother of the victim said, "We two brothers ran a vegetables shop at Tabida Sara in Abha, Khamis Mushayt. On Friday, a Saudi citizen came to our shop around 10:00am and asked for some vegetables and fruits, and tried to leave the shop without paying."

At one stage, my brother stopped him for the money but the man became furious. Later, the Saudi national went to his home and returned back with a pistol and shot five times.

Police detained the Saudi citizen. However, the name of the Saudi citizen was not disclosed.

Confirming the matter, Labour Counsellor Aminul Haque at the Bangladesh Consulate General in Jeddah said that the body was kept at Sarat Abidah General Hospital in Abha.