Ridiculing strict security measures during the opposition-sponsored shutdown, two hand bombs exploded inside the Secretariat on Sunday. There have been no reports of casualties. The bombs exploded around 3:45pm near Gate-2 of the seat of the government, next to Building 8 which houses the home ministry. Two unidentified youths riding a motorcycle hurled the bombs right in front of law-enforcers on guard and sped away, Dhaka Metropolitan Police's deputy commissioner of Ramna zone Syed Nurul Islam told bdnews24.com. One of the bombs exploded on the boundary wall near Zero Point, while the other went off in the parking lot near the cars of the home minister and the state minister for home.
It fell on the window of Ansar official Ashish Kumar Rai's car, DC Nurul Islam added. A team from the bomb squad of DMP's Detective Branch visited the blast site. The team leader, Sanowar Hossain, told journalists that even though both the bombs were crudely made, they were 'quite powerful'. "However, they did not have any shrapnel inside which is why the sound of the blast was so loud."
"The bombs were thrown from 12 feet away and those involved appear to be very skilled." The incident occurred in presence of hundreds of policemen who were 'dumbfounded' by the attack. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina attended a programme at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the morning and was at the Secretariat until 1pm. The security was heightened in the area due to her presence, which failed to ward off the attackers. The officials at the Secretariat were frightened by the blast and many were seen leaving early. A group of activists of the ruling party's student and youth wings, Chhatra League and Juba League, went to the spot from the Awami League office on Bangabandhu Avenue immediately after the incident and carried out a search for the perpetrators.
The BNP-led 18-Party Alliance is enforcing the daylong general strike across the country on Sunday. The party announced the programme on Saturday afternoon to continue putting pressure on the government to get M Ilias Ali back as the opposition accuses government agencies of 'abducting' him from a Dhaka street on Apr 18. Ilias, a BNP organising secretary and the Sylhet chapter chief, went missing along with his driver apparently from Mohakhali area from where police recovered his abandoned car.
It fell on the window of Ansar official Ashish Kumar Rai's car, DC Nurul Islam added. A team from the bomb squad of DMP's Detective Branch visited the blast site. The team leader, Sanowar Hossain, told journalists that even though both the bombs were crudely made, they were 'quite powerful'. "However, they did not have any shrapnel inside which is why the sound of the blast was so loud."
"The bombs were thrown from 12 feet away and those involved appear to be very skilled." The incident occurred in presence of hundreds of policemen who were 'dumbfounded' by the attack. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina attended a programme at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the morning and was at the Secretariat until 1pm. The security was heightened in the area due to her presence, which failed to ward off the attackers. The officials at the Secretariat were frightened by the blast and many were seen leaving early. A group of activists of the ruling party's student and youth wings, Chhatra League and Juba League, went to the spot from the Awami League office on Bangabandhu Avenue immediately after the incident and carried out a search for the perpetrators.
The BNP-led 18-Party Alliance is enforcing the daylong general strike across the country on Sunday. The party announced the programme on Saturday afternoon to continue putting pressure on the government to get M Ilias Ali back as the opposition accuses government agencies of 'abducting' him from a Dhaka street on Apr 18. Ilias, a BNP organising secretary and the Sylhet chapter chief, went missing along with his driver apparently from Mohakhali area from where police recovered his abandoned car.
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