A schoolboy was hacked to death and another was injured by some unidentified miscreants inside their school compound adjacent to Paresh Sagor playground in Barisal city on Saturday morning.

The deceased is Hridoy, believed to be14, a class X student of Shaheed Abdur Rouf Serniabat Government High School, reports UNB.

Police said that a gang of miscreants attacked Hridoy and his friend around 10:30am and stabbed the duo indiscriminately, leaving them critically injured.

Hridoy died on the way to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital while his friend was admitted to the hospital.