Bangladesh Unrest: One Killed In Dhaka Bomb Attack Near Liberation War Veterans Office | World News

According to The Daily Star, at least one person was killed in a bomb explosion in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area after attackers threw cocktail bombs from an overpass. According to the information obtained, cocktail bombs were thrown from an overpass to the office of the 1971 War of Independence Veterans Association, located near a church.

It was stated that the deceased was Saiful. According to the report, the attack took place around 19:00 in the evening while he was drinking tea at a roadside stall, and he died at the scene as a result of being hit by a crude bomb thrown from the overpass.

The blast comes just days after a series of violent incidents in Bangladesh, including the lynching of a Hindu man and the vandalization of several media offices, raising concerns about a breakdown of law and order.

Bangladesh Unrest

Bangladesh is on high alert due to widespread unrest following the death of Osman Hadi, who died in Singapore after being shot in Dhaka. His death sparked violent protests across the country; Meanwhile, demonstrators attacked the offices of the country’s leading newspapers, Prothom Alo and The Daily Star; national cultural institution Chhayanaut; Deputy High Commission of India offices in Chattogram and Khulna; Indian Cultural Center; The remaining structures of the Bangabandhu memorial museum, which is an important symbol of the country’s history; various other media offices, cultural institutions and diplomatic organizations across the country.

The violence claimed many lives. The seven-year-old daughter of the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was burned to death after a gang set fire to the family’s house. Separately, Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker, was lynched by a mob in Mymensingh for alleged blasphemy.

Following India’s harsh response to the lynching incident, the interim government led by Younis assured that those responsible would be brought to justice. Two more suspects were arrested Sunday, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to 12, law enforcement officials said.

Former Bangladeshi minister and Awami League leader Muhammad A. Arafat has claimed that mostly hardline Islamist groups are behind attacks on major news outlets and cultural venues in Bangladesh.

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Arafat claimed that hard-line Islamists were clearly jubilant, seeing the attacks as a victory over Bangladesh’s cultural heritage, the ideals of the 1971 War of Liberation against Pakistan, and the country’s secular principles.