Suicide Squad of 2000 Bombers In Bangladesh?

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2005-12-08 18:56:44 UTC

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BBC News
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 16:26 GMT

Bomb attack in Bangladeshi town

At least six people have been killed and more than 50 hurt in a suicide
bomb attack in Bangladesh, officials say.

The blast took place in a busy street in the northern town of
Netrakona, as police examined a suspicious package.

The attack, apparently carried out by two men on a bicycle, occurred
outside the office of a secular cultural group.

Bangladesh has been hit by a series of bombs in recent months blamed on
Islamic extremists. At least 12 people were killed last week.

Police at the scene of Thursday's attack say two men rode up on a
bicycle and dropped a package on the street.

One bomber died, the other was injured, police say.

Eyewitnesses say a big crowd had collected to watch the police examine
the package thought to contain a bomb, when the explosion took place.

"It was a terrible sight. People were screaming in pain all around,"
the Associated Press quoted a local journalist, Shymolendu Pal, as
saying.

The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals where the condition of some
was said to be serious.

Growing violence

Last month, a powerful bomb exploded inside a library near a courthouse
in Gazipur, leaving seven people dead and about 50 others injured -
police described it as the country's first ever suicide bombing.

In a second attack on the same day, two policemen were killed in a bomb
attack outside a courthouse in the port city of Chittagong.

Two days later one person died in another bomb attack in Gazipur.

The government blamed a banned militant group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen,
for the explosions and a series of earlier attacks.

More than 400 people have been arrested but the BBC's Roland Buerk in
Dhaka says the masterminds remain at large.

The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen wants to establish Islamic law in Bangladesh.

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[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen may have set up a suicide squad of some 2,000
bombers to achieve its aim of establishing Islamic law in Bangladesh]
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BBC News
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 13:06 GMT
Fresh bombing in Bangladesh town
One person has been killed and at least 27 injured after a bomb
explosion in a town in Bangladesh which had been hit by a suicide
attack on Tuesday.
The powerful bomb went off outside the main administrative office in
Gazipur, police say.
The condition of some of the wounded is serious and they have been
moved to the capital Dhaka.
Seven people died in Tuesday's attack. Police have blamed Islamic
militants for both blasts.
The latest attack took place during a nationwide strike called in
protest against the earlier bombing.
Second bomb
Police say a young man selling tea had hid the bomb in a flask - while
being frisked by security men he allegedly threw the bomb at the
policemen.
"The suspected bomber... disguised himself as a tea vendor," Gazipur
district commissioner Kazi Fale Rabbi is quoted as saying by Reuters.
The alleged bomber was badly hurt in the blast and has been arrested.
Three journalists and seven lawyers have also been wounded in the
attack.
A second bomb was discovered and defused in a government building in
Narayanganj, some 16km southeast of Dhaka.
Strike
Thursday's strike was called by the Supreme Court Bar Association after
bombings at two court complexes on Tuesday.
Vehicles stayed off the streets and shops and business have remained
closed. The lawyers were demanding that their security arrangements be
improved.
A powerful bomb exploded inside a library near a courthouse in Gazipur,
leaving seven people dead and about 50 others injured - police have
described it as the country's first ever suicide bombing.
In a second attack on Tuesday, three people, including an alleged
bomber, were killed when a series of bombs went off outside a
courthouse in the port city of Chittagong.
The government has blamed a banned militant group,
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, for the explosions and a series of earlier
attacks.
The police have now launched a manhunt for more potential bombers.
They say Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen may have set up a suicide squad of some
2,000 bombers to achieve its aim of establishing Islamic law in
Bangladesh.