A local Juba Dal activist was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Satla area of Wazirpur upazila in Barishal on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Kawsar Hawlader, 37, son of Monasef Hawlader of Alamdi village in Satla.
Kawsar and Rashed Amin jumped into the water beneath the bridge and took shelter at the nearby house of Habib Hawlader.
Later, he was taken to Kotalipara Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.
Rashed Amin was also seriously injured in the attack.