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. |