IED

IED event in Dhaka, Dhaka area, Bangladesh on Sat 2nd December 2023

2nd December 2023

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Two people, including a Bangladesh Bank officer, riding their motorbikes home after work sustained injuries, as unidentified miscreants exploded two crude bombs in the capital's busy Farmgate area Saturday evening.

The injured are Md Emdadul Haque Khan, 56, a joint director of Bangladesh Bank, and Md Nazmus Shahadat Pratik, 38, an engineer of Samid Group.

The incident took place in front of Farmview Supermarket at about 7:15pm on Saturday.

Sarwar Alam Khan, inspector (investigation) of Tejgaon Police Station, said he heard about the explosion.

Locals said that everyone was busy on the road at that time. Suddenly, two crude bombs were detonated within five seconds, leaving two motorcyclists injured.

One of them was hit in the head and the other in the stomach, they said.

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