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Arson on bus kills 5 despite police escort
[Dhaka Tribune] At least five people, including three children, were burned to death in a petrol kaboom on a bus in Gaibandha in the country's northern Rangpur division.Our Gaibandha correspondent said the Dhaka-bound bus, which came under attack around 11pm, was under police escort when it was hit by arsonists. The incident took place an hour after the Awami League Central Working Committee meeting ended, which decided to get tough against the BNP-Jamaat alliance's ongoing blockade programme. The Napu Paribahan bus had left Gaibandha Bus Terminal in a motorcade under police escort when it was Molotov cocktailed in front of the Rural Electrification Board office in the Tulshighat area of Gaibandha Sadar. Thirty passengers sustained burn injuries in the arson attack late yesterday. Nineteen survivors of the attack were sent to Gaibandha Sadar Hospital and eleven were referred to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. Sadar cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Raziur Rahman confirmed the details of the attack to the Dhaka Tribune. The OC said the arsonists rapidly dispersed and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after attacking the bus. This is the second attack of the day in Gaibandha. Posted by: Fred 2015-02-07 |
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