, Feb. 23 -- year-old school student was injured in an attack by some muggers in Mohammadpur area in the capital on Sunday night.

Witnesses said Sohan, a 10th grader of Turag International School, was attacked around 9 pm on Number Two Road of Nabingar Housing while trying to stop a snatching bid.

He was rescued and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 11:30 pm.

Sohan's father, Jamal Hossain, said his son and a friend were passing through Nabingar Housing when some snatchers tried to grab a mobile phone from his friend.

Sohan dropped the phone and ran to save his friend but the robbers stabbed him below both knees, he said.

Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital polic...