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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. | 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. | "We are investigating whether it is a new group," national police chief Nur Mohammad said, the AFP news agency reports. |
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| 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 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. | The messages were left on thin metal plates. They issued warnings against non-governmental organisations and also against Bangladesh's minority Muslim Ahmadiyya sect. |
| In recent years, Bangladesh has seen violence by militants wanting to establish strict Islamic practices in the country. | |
| In August 2005, more than 300 explosive devices were set off almost simultaneously in 50 cities and towns across Bangladesh. | |
| An outlawed Islamic group, Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), said it carried out the attacks. | |
| The group has attacked NGOs and the Ahmadiyyas in the past too. | |
| Ahmadiyyas do not believe that Mohammad was the last prophet and the JMB has demanded in the past that the government declare them as "non-Muslims". |