DHAKA, Feb. 14 — A bomb explosion and a clash claimed three lives in Bangladesh on Friday and Saturday following the country’s national parliament election on Thursday, said the police.
At least two people were killed and three others injured in an explosion that occurred early Saturday morning in Bangladesh’s Chapainawabganj district, some 302 km northwest of the capital Dhaka.
Md Nure Alam, a local police official, told journalists that the blast happened around 5 a.m. local time while crude bombs, locally known as “cocktails,” were being made at a village house.
The blast caused the brick walls of the house to collapse and blew off its tin roof, he said, adding that authorities were identifying the deceased and injured.
In a separate incident of post-election violence, a young man was killed in the Munshiganj district, about 30 km away from Dhaka, on Friday night.
The deceased died from injuries sustained during a clash between rival factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party following the party’s victory in the general election, according to Munshiganj Superintendent of Police Md Menhajul Alam. (Namibia Daily News / Xinhua)
