Bangladesh Unrest: One Killed In Dhaka Bomb Attack Near Liberation War Veterans Office | world news

At least one person was killed in a bomb explosion in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area after attackers hurled cocktail bombs from a flyover, The Daily Star reported. According to reports, cocktail bombs were thrown from a flyover towards the office of the 1971 Liberation War Veterans Association, which is located near a church.

The deceased was identified as Saiful. The attack took place around 7:00 pm when he was having tea at a roadside stall and was struck by a crude bomb thrown from the flyover above, killing him on the spot, as per the report.

The blast comes just days after a series of violent incidents across Bangladesh, including the lynching of a Hindu man and the vandalisation of several media offices, raising concerns over deteriorating law and order.

Bangladesh Unrest

Bangladesh remains on high alert amid widespread unrest following the death of Osman Hadi, who died in Singapore after being shot in Dhaka. His death sparked violent protests across the country, during which demonstrators attacked the offices of the country’s leading newspapers, Prothom Alo and The Daily Star; the national cultural institution Chhayanaut; the Indian Assistant High Commission offices in Chattogram and Khulna; the Indian Cultural Centre; the remaining structures of the Bangabandhu memorial museum, an important symbol of the nation’s history; various other media offices, cultural institutions, and diplomatic establishments across the country.

The violence claimed multiple lives. A Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader’s seven-year-old daughter was burnt to death after a mob torched the family’s home. Separately, a Hindu garment factory worker, Dipu Chandra Das, was lynched by a mob in Mymensingh over alleged blasphemy.

Following India’s strong reaction to the lynching, the Yunus-led interim government assured that those responsible would be brought to justice. Law enforcement agencies reported that two more suspects were arrested on Sunday, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to 12.

Former Bangladesh minister and Awami League leader Mohammad A Arafat claimed that hardline Islamist factions were mainly behind the assaults on major news outlets and cultural sites in Bangladesh.

“Not only the offices of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, but also the premises of leading Bangladeshi cultural institutions such as ‘Chhayanaut’ and ‘Udichi Shilpigoshthi’ were attacked in Dhaka by violent supporters of Osman Hadi. The attackers were largely drawn from radical Islamist groups,” Arafat posted on X.

Arafat claimed that hardline Islamists are openly rejoicing, seeing the attacks as a triumph against Bangladesh’s cultural heritage, the ideals of the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, and the nation’s secular principles.