Five Killed in Shootout Over Telephone Bill
From Times Wire Reports
A dispute over an unpaid telephone bill turned into a gunfight between two groups of villagers in northern Bangladesh, leaving at least five people dead and 25 injured, police and hospital sources said.
The fight erupted after a customer refused to pay a $50 bill to the owner of a pay phone at a village in the Sunamganj district, 110 miles northeast of the capital, Dhaka, a police officer said.
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