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| Bangladesh |
| 4 injured in bomb blast at Gulistan |
| 2009-11-06 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] At least four people, including two Awami League leaders, were injured yesterday afternoon in a bomb explosion at Gulistan in front of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra office. Neither the law enforcers nor the victims could ascertain the motive behind the attack. The law enforcers failed to collect any evidence from the spot near the Awami League central office. The injured were identified as Sheikh Nazrul Islam, 43, Bagerhat district AL leader, his friend Nasir Uddin, 44, Kachua upazila unit AL joint secretary, Abdur Rashid, 58, a former accountant of PWD, and shoe factory employee Kartik Das, 40. All the injured were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). DMCH sources said tiny pieces of broken glasses were found in the flesh of the wounded people. Injured AL leader Nazrul Islam said, "We heard a big bang and then I found blood spurting from my body." Other injured Rashid and Kartik said they were hit by shrapnel as they were waiting for buses at around 2:30pm. Contacted, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad told The Daily Star, "The motive behind the explosion and the persons behind the attack could not be known immediately." Major MM Shafiqur Rahman of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-3) said, "We are yet to make sure if the bomb was exploded on any of the injured people." "So far we have not been able to collect any evidence from the spot and none has been arrested in this connection, he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |