Bangladeshi PhD student killed in US gas station robbery
Jago News Desk Published: 8 September 2019, 02:34 PM
| Updated: 8 September 2019, 02:37 PM
A Bangladeshi PhD student was shot dead in a robbery at a gas station in Louisiana of the United States on Saturday morning (local time).
The armed perpetrator entered the building of Mr. Lucky’s Valero Gas Station on Airline Highway around 3:30 a.m. and shot LSU PhD student in Computer Science & Engineering, 29-year old Md Firoz-Ulamin, who was working as a clerk.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Firoz-Ulamin worked under University professor Golden G. Richard III.
He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Bangladesh, according to his LinkedIn page.
He was scheduled to graduate from LSU in 2023.
Source: Reveille, a local US newspaper
