Terrorists hurl bombs at cops guarding Eid prayers in Bangladesh, 2 killed
7 July 2016 12:39 PM IST
At least 200,000 people were gathered close to the site where the explosion took place.
Bangladeshi policemen stand guard outside a mosque. (Representational Photo: AP/File)
At least 200,000 people were gathered close to the site where the explosion took place.
Dhaka
: At least one policeman was killed and eight others wounded on Thursday after a small bomb exploded near a mass Eid prayer congregation in Bangladesh, police said.
Police and local media said the explosion occurred at a school outside the prayer ground in the northern Kishoreganj district where at least 200,000 people were gathered. There were also exchanges of gunfire at the scene.
-"One police constable is dead and at least five others were injured,-" Mahbub, a police officer in the Kishoreganj control room, told AFP.
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