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Bangladesh Hit by Scores of Bomb Explosions
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Blasts killed one, 44 injured





A police officer looks at a small explosive device lying on the road
in Dhaka, BangladeshCities and towns across Bangladesh have been hit
by scores of small explosions. Leaflets from a banned Islamic group
were found near some of the blasts that killed one person and injured
at least 44.

Police say the bombs exploded almost simultaneously near bus and train
stations, courts and government buildings, and airports and markets in
several cities including the capital Dhaka and the port city of
Chittagong.

The junior minister for Home Affairs, M. Lutfuzzaman Babr, called it
"an organized attack."

Leaflets found at some of the explosion sites carried a call by a
banned Islamic group called Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen for Islamic rule in
Bangladesh.

Ataus Samad, a writer and independent political analyst in Dhaka, says
the bombings caused fear throughout the country.

"People are scared," he said. "The government is also quite puzzled,
and I would say they are quite scared because they have to find out
who has done it."

Bangladesh has the world's third largest Muslim population. The
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen was banned in February along with another Islamic
group after an earlier series of bombings against non-governmental
groups, holy shrines and other targets.


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