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Argentine fan electrocuted to death while hanging flag in Laxmipur
A 16-year-old school boy was electrocuted while trying to tie the Argentine flag to a pole near his house on Saturday.
"The accident occurred in Char Ramijuddin union of Laxmipur's Ramgati upazila. Mohammad Nabil Hossain, son of Murad Uddin of the union," Ramgati Police Station Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain said.
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Nabil was a student of class X at Dibirhat Roshidia High School.
Nabil got electrocuted this noon (Saturday) while trying to hang the flag, said the OC, adding that he died on the spot.
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