Cop killed in Bangladesh Eid congregation blasts

Cop killed in Bangladesh Eid congregation blasts

IANSUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 02:22 PM IST
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TOPSHOT - Relatives and friends of two victims of a bloody attack on an upscale restaurant late last week mourn their death during their funeral in Dhaka on July 4, 2016. Relatives of foreign hostages murdered in a Bangladeshi restaurant were in Dhaka on July 4 to take their loved ones' bodies home as authorities made the first arrests over the killings. Many were in tears as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid wreaths on the coffins of those killed in the siege at an upmarket cafe in the capital, by far the deadliest in a spate of recent attacks that have caused international alarm. / AFP PHOTO / - |

Dhaka: A policeman was killed and 12 others injured on Thursday during blasts near Sholakia ground at Kishoreganj district, before Eid prayers began at Bangladesh’s largest congregation.

Police constable Jahurul Haque, 30, died in the blasts that occurred around 9 a.m., at Azimuddin School gate, a kilometre away from the prayer ground, bdnews24 reported.

The largest congregation of Eid prayer in Bangladesh was being held there on the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr that marks the end of the Muslims’ holy fasting month of Ramadan when the bombings occurred. It was not known immediately who launched the bomb attack.

A police official told Xinhua news agency that security has been beefed up after the explosions. “We’re closely monitoring the situation,” said the official.

The explosions came about a week after a terror attack on a restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave Gulsan in which 20 people including 18 foreigners were killed.

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