Woman stabbed to death in Rajshahi

A woman was stabbed to death by miscreants at Nalpukuria village in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi on Wednesday night, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Jamfura Begum, 50, of the village.

Miscreants swooped on the woman around 7:30pm when she was alone at home, Rezaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Puthia police station, quoted the victim's son to say.

They stabbed her indiscriminately, leaving her critically injured. She was taken to a local hospital where physicians declared her dead around 8:30pm.

The motive behind the killing and identity of killers could not be known yet, added the police.