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Blasts rock Bangladesh stations | Blasts rock Bangladesh stations |
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There have been simultaneous bomb attacks at three railway stations in Bangladesh, officials say. | |
The blasts caused panic among commuters and the railway terminals were evacuated. One man was injured. | The blasts caused panic among commuters and the railway terminals were evacuated. One man was injured. |
The explosions went off at stations in capital Dhaka, the northern city of Sylhet and the south-eastern port town of Chittagong. | The explosions went off at stations in capital Dhaka, the northern city of Sylhet and the south-eastern port town of Chittagong. |
Messages left at two of the sites in Bengali and English said the attacks were carried out by "the new al-Qaeda". | Messages left at two of the sites in Bengali and English said the attacks were carried out by "the new al-Qaeda". |
"We are investigating whether it is a new group," national police chief Nur Mohammad said, the AFP news agency reports. | |
The bombs were in cotton bags. The one casualty, at Chittagong station, was a rickshaw driver who was hit as he tried to open the bag, police said. | |
The messages were left on thin metal plates. They issued warnings against non-governmental organisations and also against Bangladesh's minority Muslim Ahmadiyya sect. |