A woman and her two daughters were hacked to death on Thursday morning in a rented house on Godown Road in Ward 3 of Raipur municipality, Lakshmipur. The victims were identified as Shahinur Begum, 38, her eldest daughter and Dhaka University student Sayma Akter, 21, and her youngest daughter Shifa Akter, 9. Another daughter, Ikra Akter, a twelfth-grade student at Kazi Faruqi College, was seriously injured and sent to Dhaka for treatment.

Police and local sources said Shahinur had been living in the rented house with her children for several years following the death of her husband, Kamal, who was electrocuted. An unidentified young man suspected of involvement in the attack was beaten by locals and later taken to the district hospital for advanced treatment.

According to Raipur health officials, five people were brought to the hospital, three of whom were declared dead. Police confirmed that the bodies were kept at the hospital and that investigations were underway.