An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death in the capital’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday evening.

The victim, identified as Faruk, was critically injured in the attack and rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead around 6:45 pm.

The incident occurred in the Nayanagar area of Kajla in the evening. Faruk worked as a tiles mason.

Faruk hailed from Mayerapur village in Banchharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria district. He had been living in the Nayanagar area. His father is Md Alam.

Md Sajib, who along with others took Faruk to the hospital, said they live in the same area. Shortly before the incident, they saw 10–15 adolescents stabbing Faruk indiscriminately in an alley near Al-Falah Mosque in Nayanagar. The attackers fled immediately after the assault.

They said Faruk was taken to the hospital in a bloodied condition, but he succumbed to his injuries. The motive behind the attack could not be determined, they added.

Confirming the death, Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the Dhaka Medical College police camp, said the victim sustained stab wounds on the right side of his chest and waist.

The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, he said, adding that Jatrabari police have been informed and an investigation is underway.