Incident report: Bangladesh blasts kill seven

Seven people have been killed in two bomb explosions at a music festival in the town of Jessore in southern Bangladesh.

The blasts occurred after midnight in a crowd of several thousand attending the festival, organised by the Udichi Shilpi Goshti group, the cultural wing of the Communist Party of Bangladesh.

Doctors work on one of the wounded
Five people were killed on the spot, others died later. Among the dead were two Udichi members.

Investigation Report

9/99 BNP leader Tariqul Islam and 30 others charge sheeted

8/01 Enq Commission acquitted BNP leader of complicity

8/03 Tariqul Islam’s name removed from accused list

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