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Angry teammates beat boy to death

Dhaka July 2. Angry members of a school cricket squad battered a teammate to death after he accidentally smashed a newly won trophy in northern Bangladesh, news reports said on Wednesday.

The teenage victim, identified only by one name, Rajiv, was killed after the team won the trophy on Monday in Gazipur town, 30 km north of Dhaka, Ittefaq newspaper reported.

Rajiv was waving the trophy with one hand when he dropped it onto a concrete pavement near the school, the paper said. The prize broke into several pieces.

Cheering teammates suddenly turned angry and beat Rajiv with iron rods and wooden sticks, leaving him seriously injured. He died on the way to a hospital.

Police arrested seven teenaged boys for their alleged involvement in the attack, the paper said, without giving further details. Police officials were not immediately available for comment. In Bangladesh, cricket is the second-most popular sport after soccer.

AP

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