Chittagong: Two people were chopped to death in an attack by miscreants at a so-called shrine in at Bayezid area in Chittagong on Friday.

Another young man was also injured when the criminals exploded a bomb while fleeing.

The deceased are Rahmatullah alias Nengta Fakir, in his fifties, a so-called fakir, and his follower Abdul Quader, in his twenties, also custodian of the shrine.

Police and locals said the miscreants stormed into the den of Rahmatullah, kwon as Lengta Fakirer Mazar, in Sher Shah Bangla Bazar area at about 2:00pm.

The attackers chopped Rahmatullah and Quader indiscriminately with sharp weapons, leaving them dead on the spot, said Bayezid police sub-inspector Forkan Ahmed Sujon.

They also exploded a bomb when a young man, Monir, was trying to catch one of the attackers while fleeing after the incident, leaving him injured.

Monir was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).