Chittagong: Four people were burnt and five other injured as miscreants hurled petrol bomb at a minibus near Tiger Pass area of Chittagong in the early hours of Thursday.

Local police and administration said an EPZ-bound bus caught fire as miscreants threw petrol bomb at it about 12:30midnight.

The driver lost his control over the bus and it fell beside a road.

The burnt and injured were taken to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital.

Chittagong Medical College police post officer-in-charge Jahirul Islam said the burnt passengers are Shubash Shom, 65, Mohammad Sohel, 25, Rupan Devnath, 25, and Nur Mohammad, 30. 

The injured are Mohammad Ali, 30, and Mohammad Nasir, 30.