Friday, 8 July 2016

BANGLADESH REELS FROM NEW DEADLY ATTACK AT START OF EID



Suspected Islamists carried out another deadly attack in Bangladesh Thursday at the country's biggest prayer service for the start of Eid, days after a mass murder of hostages in the capital Dhaka.

Authorities said four people, including two policemen, had been killed after several explosions and gunfire near a prayer ground in Kishoreganj district as at least 250,000 people joined a post-Ramadan gathering.

'Two policemen, an attacker and a woman who was shot during the gunfight were killed,' national police spokesman A.K.M. Shahidur Rahman said.

Nine policemen were also injured. They are in a critical condition and have been shifted to a military hospital in Dhaka.


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