Four suspected thieves were killed and two others injured in a mob beating in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali district in the early hours of Thursday.
One of the deceased was identified as Jakir Hussain, 28, son of Abul Hussain, a resident of the Katabunia village in the upazila.
The injured are Helal Uddin, 22, Jahangir Alam, 30.
Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Charjabbar Police Station, said some people in a pick-up van entered the village in a bid to steal cow around 3am.
Sensing the presence of the intruders, the villagers chased them and caught four of them. Later, they thrashed them, leaving the four dead on the spot.