Four killed and nine police officers injured in terror attack in Bangladesh during Eid prayer

Another terror attack has taken place in Bangladesh during the Eid prayer. Two Bangladeshi policeman were killed and nine other officers were wounded in the attack when radical Islamists hurled crude bombs and engaged in a shootout with police. The venue of the attack was near Sholakia ground at Kishoreganj district, before Eid prayers began. It was the largest congregation in Bangladesh with 200,000 people who had gathered to offer prayers.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condemned the terror attack on the occasion of Eid and said that terrorism is against Islam and humanity.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 7 July 2016.

A revealed by eyewitnesses, the attack was led by 6-7 youths. They attacked a cop with knife and exploded bombs. They also hurled homemade bombs at a police team, killing one officer. A total of four people have been killed - they are two police constables, a woman and an attacker.
The attack targeted a police contingent that was guarding the Sholakia Ground in Kishoreganj district. Bangladesh Information Minister has indicated that while one attacker has been killed, another has been taken alive by the security forces.
It may be recalled that on Friday evening, a group of gunmen had attacked the cafe in Bangladesh capital Dhaka’s diplomatic district Gulshan and killed 22 people including two police officers and twenty hostages. 17 of the dead were foreign nationals.


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#massgrave #thailand #bangladesh #immigrants #rohingya It was a mass grave in southern Thailand from which 26 dead bodies have been recovered – the site is near to a human trafficking camp deep inside the jungle as reported in dailymial.co.uk dated 2 May 2015.

From initial findings, it is believed that these decaying corpses are of illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh. They had been brought in to the country via vast trafficking networks which are 'out of control'. It seems the numbers could be over 30 people and they are apparently buried in shallow graves at the chilling site in Songkhla province, just 300 meters from Malaysia.
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He was a prominent atheist writer and had criticized religious intolerance.
This has been reported in bbc.com dated 30 March 2015.

Two students at an Islamic seminary have reportedly been arrested in connection of the death of Washiqur Rahman. He used to blog under a pen-name, Kucchit Hasher Channa, or Ugly Duckling and had criticized irrational religious beliefs. He was killed on a busy street in Dhaka and two suspects, armed with meat cleavers, were caught near the scene.
These suspects has told the police they had targeted Washiqur Rahman because of his anti-Islamic writing.
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Avijit Roy was returning from a local book fair with his wife when a knife-wielding mob, armed with meat cleavers, attacked them and hacked him to death. They had ambushed the couple as they were on their way towards a roadside tea stall.
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The incident on the Padma River and it is understood that the boat was packed when it overturned in the Manikganj district north of the capital, Dhaka. This has been conveyed by the local police Chief Bidhan Tripura.
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