Six Wounded in Blasts at Mosque in Bangladesh Naval Base

 

Reuters, 18/12 16:01 CET

DHAKA (Reuters) – At least six naval personnel were seriously wounded in explosions at the end of prayers on Friday at a mosque inside a Bangladesh naval base in Chittagong, police said.

Two people were arrested in connection with the blasts. Police said they had confessed to being members of banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh.

The group wants to establish a sharia-based Islamic state in Bangladesh and tends to target government facilities.

“Two bombs blasted at the mosque after Jumma prayer and six persons were critically injured,” said Devdas Bhattachariya, an additional commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police, adding that all the wounded were from the navy.

No one from the navy was available for comment. 

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Source: Euronews