Grenade

Grenade event in Bangladesh on Fri 5th January 2024

5th January 2024

The source material and subsequent headlines on METIS are collated by our system and taken direct from source. The opinions and views expressed in these source articles and source headlines are not the views and opinions of METIS or its employees.

METIS is not able to substantiate the veracity of sources or check misinformation in real-time. Our analysis is based on currently reported information and may change as new information becomes available.

10 hand grenades recovered from haystack in Jessore

The hand grenades were unexploded
Investigation underway

Police on Friday recovered 10 unexploded hand grenades from a haystack at a house near the Benapole border in Jessore.

Benapole port police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sumon Vokto said hand grenades were found near one Jahangir Molla's house in Britti Achra village.

Tipped off, Jessore Detective Branch (DB) of Police and Benapole Port police station conducted a joint operation and recovered the hand grenades.

Jahangir Molla, the owner of the house is absconding.

“It is believed that the hand grenades were stockpiled to destabilize the law and order situation in the country. Details will be known after further investigation.”

Contextual analysis

Analysing the event count by highlighting the presence of munition categories over a six-month data period.

Enterprise

Understand the complete picture with an Enterprise account.

Learn more

Information sources

Discussion and media of this event has been extracted from all sources.

Enterprise

Country information

Click to view more information about the country and see more information on conflicts occuring in that region.

Bangladesh (BGD)

Discover more

Events using similar munitions or platforms and those that happen within a recent time line and proximity are displayed below.

Enterprise

Understand the complete picture with an Enterprise account.

Learn more