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Mother, 2 children electrocuted in Barishal

A woman and her two children died from electrocution in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal on Saturday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Sonia Begum, 31, a resident of Dalmara village under Niamati union, her daughter Rezmi Akter, 9, and her son Salman Molla.

Bakerganj Police Station officer in-charge Afzal Hossain said the housewife and her two children came in contact with a live wire in a garden beside their home and died on the spot when they went there to pick lemon.

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