, May 4 -- Three activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram on Monday.

The incident took place at Birhim village under Bazra union of the upazila in the afternoon.

The injured were identified as Samiul Islam, 35, secretary of Bazra union unit of Jamaat; Firoz Hossain, 37, president of its Ulema wing; and party worker Tojammel Mia, 47. All are residents of Madhya Bazra village.

According to locals, the Jamaat men were travelling on a motorcycle to attend a party programme in the afternoon when they came under sudden attack by a swarm of bees in front of the house of one Rabbani Mia in Birhim village.

As the bees attacked, the trio stopped their motorcycle a...