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| 11 held over 'suicide blasts' |
| 2010-11-15 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The police nabbed 11 people yesterday with links to Saturday's kabooms at the house of ruling party politician Afaz Uddin at Taragunia in Kushtia. Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... Ejaz Ahmed Mamun, son of Awami League politician from Kushtia-1, filed two cases -- one for possession of explosives and the other for murder -- against eight people in connection with the bomb attack that left three people dead and two others injured. "The evidence indicates that it was a suicide kaboom. Both the attackers were killed in the incident," said Inspector Jahid Hossain of Daulatpur Police Station. Police identified the two attackers as Siddiqur Rahman, son of Bhaddar Ali of Chakdaulatpur village, and his cousin Ahadul Islam, son of Tara Chand of the same village. "Siddiqur and Ahadul entered the living room of the politician at about 8:15pm and blew themselves up," Jahid said. Four people, including the politician, his son Arif Ahmed and two schoolteachers, were in the room during the attack, he said. Siddiqur keeled over dead while Ahadul succumbed to his wounds on the way to Kushtia General Hospital. Police denied giving the names of the nabbed persons for the "sake of the investigation." Kushtia Superintendent of Police Ekramul Habib said a probe into the incident was going on. He declined to comment further on the matter. AL politician Afaz Uddin told The Daily Star at his residence that the bomb attack was undoubtedly targeted at him. The politician's son, Mamun, who filed the two cases with Daulatpur Police Station, denied giving the names of all eight accused that include the two suspected attackers. |
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