A 29-year-old Bangladeshi scholar pursuing PhD in a university was shot dead in the US state of Louisiana.
The scholar identified as Md Firoz-Ul-Amin Real, who was a student at the Louisiana State University, was shot dead at a gas station where he was working as a clerk, bdnews24 reported.
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Detectives responded to a shooting that occurred at 3.30 a.m. on Saturday at the Mr Lucky’s Valero Gas Station in East Baton Rouge, the police said in a statement.
A man entered the building and shot Firoz before robbing the store.
Firoz was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement added.
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Before moving to the US, Firoz had graduated from Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.
He was working under Golden G. Richard III, a professor who specialises in digital forensics, memory forensics, reverse engineering, malware analysis, and operating systems, Louisiana’s news channel WAFB9 reported.