Two people have been killed and 27 others injured in a bomb attack at a crowded Muslim shrine in northeastern Bangladesh. A 14-year-old boy and an unidentified woman were killed instantly by the blast, which left a large crater in the ground. The blast sparked scenes of panic at the Hazrat Shah-Jalal shrine complex, which was packed with several thousand worshippers for a Muslim saint's festival.
| Hmmm... Laughing, happy people, at the shrine of a Muslim saint... Guess the local Salafists just couldn't take it anymore. |
Police said the "quite powerful" bomb was buried in soil near the complex. The shrine had been evacuated and officers were searching for more explosive devices, said a police source.
No arrests had been made and police did not known who may have planted the bomb or why.
| If the victims were Sufis or maybe Shiites, we can guess who. If they were Ahmadiyyas, we're positive... |
About a dozen people have died in unexplained explosions in the country in recent years. The large Hazrat Shah-Jalal shrine, in the Sylhet tea-growing district, is a well-known landmark in Bangladesh. |