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Two soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in a blast at a heavy weapons firing range in Sadar upazila of Bandarban district on Friday morning.
The deceased are Jahidul Islam, 28, a resident of Lama upazila, and Nipun Chakma, 30. The wounded were taken to Dhaka’s Combined Military Hospital (CMH).
All of them are members of Cumilla Cantonment's 16-Para Battalion.
Bandarban's police chief Zakir Hossain Majumder said the army was schedule to hold a firing practice at Amtoli on Saturday afternoon.
The soldiers were clearing the bushes when an abandon shell exploded around 10:20am, killing Jahidul on the spot and injuring 11 others, he said.
Nipun died while being taken to the CMH, reports UNB.