Dhaka, Oct. 10 -- A man has hacked six members of a family, including women and children, with a sharp weapon in Patuakhali's Dashmina Upazila. A child has died due to the attack.

Police arrested the man, who was brought down from a tree, after an incident on Thursday evening at Charhosnabad village in Bashbaria Union, said Dashmina Police Station chief Abdul Alim.

The arrestee, 30-year-old Sabuj Mridha, is the son of local resident Abu Mridha.

According to locals, he is a "drug addict" and "mentally unstable".

The dead child has been identified as 8-year-old Safayet Hossain, the son of Jamal Hossain.

The others injured in the attack are Muhith Hasan, 8 and his mother Maryam, 28, Pancham Ali Sardar, 47, Babul Sardar, 47, and Nasima B...