A young man was shot dead and an 11-year-old girl sustained bullet injuries after miscreants opened fire targeting the youth in Chattogram city's Rowfabad area on Thursday night.

The deceased was identified as Hasan alias Raju, 24, a resident of Raozan upazila in Chattogram, police said.

The incident took place at Shaheed Minar Goli in Rowfabad.

Reshmi Akter, 11, suffered bullet injuries to her eyes and was admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), said Sub-Inspector (SI) Nur Alam Ashek, also in-charge of the CMCH police outpost.

Bayezid Bostami Police Station Sub-Inspector Shahidul Islam told The Daily Star, “Raju came to Rowfabad from Raozan on May 3 to visit his sister. Around 9:15pm on Thursday, armed miscreants opened fire on Raju, leaving him dead on the spot.”

Reshmi, a resident of Rowfabad area, sustained bullet injuries during the attack, said SI Shahidul.

“Panic spread among locals following the incident, while the miscreants fled the scene after the attack,” he said.

Later, police recovered Raju’s body from the spot, the police official added.

The motive behind the killing is yet to be determined, though police are trying to link the murder to the recent spree of shootings in Raozan that has left 23 people dead over the past 22 months.