459 blasts in 63 districts in 30 minutes
Posted on 08/17/2005 1:40:03 PM PDT by HAL9000
Two killed, over 200 injured in 63 districts: an Islamic group claims responsibility
String of bomb blasts rock Bangladesh
Countrywide security alert ordered, check posts installed in each district
Panic gripped the entire nation following the series of time-bomb explosions in all the district headquarters except Munshiganj that left at least two persons killed and more than 200 others injured on Wednesday.
Of the dead, a minor boy was killed on the spot at Savar and a rickshawpuller succumbed to the injuries in Chapainababganj district in the bomb attack and over 50 seriously injured victims were undergoing treatment at different hospitals and clinics.
The authority has imposed "Red Alert" soon after the series of bomb blasts, and directed the security forces to bring the Key Point Installations (KPI) and important public places under special security arrangement.
About 400 time bombs simultaneously exploded at different important public places including court-houses, airports and government offices in 63 districts including the capital city Dhaka within 30 minutes time from 11:00 am to 11:30 am triggered an alarming situation across the country.
According to the explosive experts, the bombs were home-made and crude. The detonator, which was connected with four pencil batteries by a couple of wires simultaneously, fused the bombs within 30 minutes time, experts added.
Several high-level security officials blamed the religious extremist outfit for the co-ordinated bomb attack across the country.
Jamaaet-ul Mujahedin, an outlawed Islamist extremist outfit unofficially claimed the responsibility of the series of bomb attacks.
Police recovered some leaflets written in Bangla and Arabic along with some unexploded bombs at different parts of the city after the incident. In the 2-page leaflets, the Jamaaet-ul Mujahedin urged the government for establishing Islamic rule in the country without wasting anymore time. They also called upon the Musim Ummah to participate in their mission to make the country an Islamic Republic.
Home Minster Lutfuzzaman Babar did not rule out the possible existence of Islamist militant groups in the country, though he blamed an 'outlawed organised' group for the involvement in the incident of bomb attack.
But, the police and other intelligence agencies still could not ascertain the motive behind the co-ordinated series of bomb attack that rocked the entire Bangladesh.
They also failed to get any clue about the masterminds and the bomers. Nobody was arrested in connection with the bomb blasts, though police picked up more than 50 suspects conducting raids in different cities after the incident.
A high official of the Intelligence agency requesting not to be named told The Bangladesh Observer that more than 200 trained and trusted cadres of the outlawed Islamist extremist outfit Jamaaet-ul Mujahedin carried out the bomb blast operation throughout the country,
The security forces including the para-military BDR and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a co-ordinated set-up with the intelligence agencies have launched a countrywide massive crackdown and arrested more than 50 persons on suspicion of involvement in the series of bomb attack.
At least 25 persons were injured when more than a dozen of time-bombs started exploding one after another with big bang at different important places of the capital city including the National Press Club, Zia International Airport (ZIA), Supreme Court, CMM Office, Judges Court, Gulshan, Farm-Gate and Dhaka University area in between 11:05 and 11:30 am.
In Dhaka, the first bomb went off in front of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel at about11: 05 am, just in two hours after the Prime Minister left for China on a five-day official visit. An employee of a private company named Masum was injured in the blast.
M Khasrul Islam (25), the car-driver of Deputy Attorney-General Aminul Rahim Chandan was injured when a bomb exploded in the Supreme Court premises. A shopkeeper Maniruzzaman(30) was wounded in another bomb explosion at Plasey Crossing. In another incident, Ruhul Amin(30) was injured when a bomb went-off at Bangla Motor Crossing. Police claimed that Ruhul Amin was carrying the bomb.
The blasts also took place at the DC offices and Judge courts in Narayanganj, Sylhet, Habiganj, Sirajganj, Sherpur, Mymensingh, Kishoreganj, Rajshahi, Lalmonirhat, Naogaon, Chittagong and Bandarban and some other places.
In Chittagong, 20 persons were injured in the bomb explosions at seven important public places including the Court Building and Press club.
Three persons were injured in a simultaneous bomb attack at 12 places in Khulna. Dozens of bombs exploded in Rajshahi districts at the same time. At least five bombs were exploded in and around the Sylhet District court compound, but none was hurt. Two persons were injured in six bomb explosions in Jessore.
Three persons were hurt in four blasts in Noakhali. Ten bombs went off at different parts of Dinajpur leaving at least two persons wounded. None was injured when seven bombs exploded in Pirojpur district. In Gopalganj, five bombs went off at different parts of the town.
Six bombs in Habiganj and five in Naogaon exploded simultaneously at the same time. Three men were injured in Rangpur when eight bombs exploded. At least 15 persons received injuries when 7 bombs went off in Sirajganj district. Ten persons were wounded in six bomb blasts in Chandpur. About 20 persons received injuries when a dozen of bombs went off in Natore. Ten people were hurt as five bombs exploded one after another in Narshingdi.
One person was wounded in a bomb blast incident in Mymensingh while nine bombs exploded in Comilla leaving three persons wounded. Four persons were injured when four bombs were blasted in the hill district of Khagrachari. Four bombs exploded in Jenaidah leaving one person injured. In Gaibandha, seven people were wounded in seven bomb blasts in Gaibandha.
Two men was injured when six bombs went off in Chuadanga. Four bombs were exploded in DC office compound at the same time in Sherpur.
Our District
Correspondents report
Our Correspondent from Comilla adds: At least four people were injured when some unknown miscreants hurled a series of bombs three exploded at local Judge Court premises, four at Collectorate Office, one at Shashangacha bus stand, one at Comilla Cantonment bus stand and another local Press club premises today (Wednesday) morning. The panic created among the people who came from fur flung area to the Court Premises and all activities of Comilla Judgeship was postponed for two hours following the incident.
When the day’s activities of Comilla Judgeship began at 11 am, then a bomb was blast the Vharand, in front of 1st floor of District Judge room with heavy sound. Later, another bomb blast at the ground floor of the district Court and another in front of Judge’s Court Library where injured four persons. The injured Md. Lokman Hossain (35), son of Saidul Haque of village Nandirgonj in Feni district, Humayun Kabir (55), son of Abdul Karim of village Uttarbhumi under Comilla Sadar upazila,Vhelu Mia (60), son of Nuruzzaman of Tetuia under Comilla Sadar and Rakib Uddin (45) of Baguti village under Sharsha upazila in Jessore district admitted to Comilla Medical College Hospital.
Our Correspondent from Barisal adds: Series of time bombs were blasted at least 18 key points of the city injuring 4 people till this report between 11 and 11-30 am on August 17 morning.
Police and witnesses sources said bombs were blasted at 18 key points in the city including Kotwali police station crossing, Jail crossing, Bibir Pukur of city center, deputy commissioner office compound, behind Telephone office, civil court compound, SP-BCC-Post Office crossing, Police Line-officer’s residence lane crossing, Battala, Bangla Bazzar, Natun Bazzar police post crossing, Nathullabad Central Bus Terminal area, front of Shere Bangla Medical College Hospital, Amtala crossing, front of C and B office, Hatem Ali Collge, B M College and Barisal College of the Barisal city areas.
Till this report 7 live bombs were recovered from the blast-spots including one from Battala, one from D C office compound, two from B M College and three from front of Natun Bazaar police post after these blasts.
Eight time bombs were blasted in 6 spots of Pirojpur district town including court compound, court mosque, front of social welfare office at upazila parishad complex, front of New Market, Municipality gate and Sonali Bank.
All of the explosions were made between 10-50 t0 11-30 and at least 3 peoples including Tapan Kumar Piplai, 40,court sub-inspector, Abdur Rob, 45,Sanjida Begum, 35, two visitors came for official works in the court compound were injured by those explosions.
In Jhalakathi 4 bombs were exploded leaving 8 people injured and 4 of them admitted in the hospital and the other 4 were released after providing first aid.
Journalists, police and official sources said the first explosion was made at about 11-30 am Wednesday morning in front of Upazila Parishad complex of the Jhalakati district town.
One Farid, suspected as the carrier of the bomb, was critically injured in this blast and now under treatment at Jhalakati Sadar Hospital under police custody.
At 12-30 pm another explosion was made at Jhalakati DC office compound while a team of Jhalakati sadar police station tried to dismantle a recovered bomb.
Sohrab Hossain, OC, Abdul Aziz, ASI of Jhalakati Sadar PS, Md. IQbal, watcher of DSB, Sultan, boatman of Jhalakati police and Dulal Saha, local correspondent of regional daily Ajker Barta were injured and first three were admitted at hospital.
Another explosion also made at 1 pm while police tried to remove a recovered bomb from the Jhalakati district judge court compound.
At 2 pm one explosion was made at Chandkati-Jhalakali College bus stand crossing.
Police recovered two live bombs from Jhalakati Press Club and Bar Association compound at 2-30 pm.
In Bhola district head quarter 2 bombs were blasted in DC office and district judge court compound at about 11 am on Wednesday morning.
Another bomb exploded near SP office of Bhola at 1 pm while police tried to remove it.
One unexploded bomb recovered from the district judge court compound at about 4 pm and 2 people were detained for interrogation who were identified as Md. Anwar Hussein (32) and Amir Hussein (28).
In Barguna 7 bombs were exploded at six different points in the district town including court compound, press club, DC office, Banga Bandhu Smrity Parishad, Town Bridge and Baro Bridge.
These explosions left 4 people injured later admitted to hospital.
They were identified as Idris, 35,rickshaw puller injured at court compound, Belal, 18, rickshaw puller, Farhad, 21,Bellal Hussein, 31,fish traders at injured at Baro Bridge area.
After the explosions JCD and BCL activists brought out protest processions in the town condemning the blasts and blaming each other for the incidents, which created tensions in the town.
Both groups of the political rivals engaged in clashes in front of Barguna Press Club leaving 8 injured from both side. Police controlled the situation.
Our Correspondent from Dinajpur adds: At least three people critically injured by a series of bomb blast here in Dinajpur yesterday creating panic among the people of Dinajpur. After the blast all Dinajpur stopped all activities for few moments. Court activities suspended for the day. Police recovered a fresh bomb and circuits from different places.
The injured person identified as Ishak Ali 38, Son of Jamir Uddin, Village Khanpur under Dinajpur Sadar upazila and Raju 26, son of Sobhan village Khallpara under Dinajpur town and remaining other was a indigenous woman her name not to be known immediately.Thes two are undergoing treatment here in Dinajpur Medical College.
According to police and locals, from 11.00 AM to 11.30 AM in the 30 minutes about 11 bombs blasted in different sensitive places in Dinajpur town.
Especially in front of Dinajpur police station, in front of Dinajpur Jail, Hospital area, Judge Court area, district BAR premises, in front of Biral Upazila Court, district record room, In front eye hospital, Baluadanga residential area and Dinajpur main Bus terminal bomb blasted.
After the series of bomb blast Dinajpur Administration deployed police and law enforces in the Dinajpur area including the sensitive places and thousands of people gathered in front of Dinajpur Medical college to find the relatives who were missing after the bomb blast.
While contacted with Deputy Commissioner, Dinajpur he told this correspondent that A criminal quarter trying to create panic among the people. The Dinajpur administration Taken sufficient measures and put BDR in alert to avert untoward situation in future DC added.
Our Correspondent from Thakurgaon writes: Five bombs were blasted today at about 11AM in different places of Thakurgaon town created panic among the public. One person was arrested in this connection.
Our Correspondent from Patuakhali adds: Four bomb blasts at a time in five different places in Patuakhali town on Wednesday at 11:10 am.
First bomb blasts in the inside of Patuakhali Paurashava on 11:05 am and one injured name Faruk (10). The same time another bomb blasted in front of Deputy Commissioner office, near Bar council, in front of Fire Service office and another one blasted in the middle point of Patuakhali-Kuakata and Patuakhali-Mirjagonj road. 4 unblasted bombs found in DC office, neat bar library and near district Judges Courp. The DC office closed after the blast and people of the town are very terrified.
Our Correspondents from Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangamti, Faridpur, Jenaidah, Chuadanga, Gaibandha, Rajbari, Lakshmipur, Noapara, Jamalpur, Sirajganj, Nilphamari, Rangpur, Tangail, Narail, Bhola, Narshingdi, Moulavibazar, Sirajganj, Bogra, Manikganj, Mymensingh, Sunamganj, Gazipur, Sylhet, Narayanganj, Gopalganj, Agri Varsity, IU and Jahangirnagar University sent reports over the bomb blast incident.
In a world dominated by these freaks...... beheading would be an olympic event.
Ah...those quirky Quakers are at it again??????.....Oh, it's MUSLIMS? Well, slap my knee.
They don't have to claim it, we already knew........
Muslims setting off hundreds of bombs just isn't pertinent to the current world situation, I guess.
Now, let's get back to Aruba and Cindy Sheehan coverage...
Leaflets ridicule democracy, ask for Islamic rule
Unb, Dhaka
Bombers under the letterhead of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) spread leaflets during serial bombings across the country yesterday with a demand for establishing Islamic rule, failing of which they will go for counteroffensive against the authorities.
"We're the soldiers of Allah. We've taken up arms for the implementation of Allah's law the way Prophet, Sahabis and heroic Mujahideen have done for centuries," the so-called Islamist outfit said in the leaflets circulated at the bombing sites.
It is one of the two extremist organisations recently banned by the government in the wake of violent acts allegedly committed by their activists, the other one being Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) of so-called Bangla Bhai, now hiding.
Chief of the JMB, Asadullah-al-Galib, a teacher at the Rajshahi University, is now in jail.
One of the handbills procured from the Rajshahi city reads: we want to earn Almighty's satisfaction by establishing Khalis Tauhid (pure monotheism) by putting an end to bida't and want to make the people happy in the world here and hereafter.
The leaflet says the JMB urged the government twice earlier to establish Islamic Hukumat (Islamic order), but every time the government arrested their workers. However, JMB did not resort to any retaliation.
"But this is the third appeal from JMB," the group said. If the government does not establish Islamic laws in the country after this third warning and, rather, it goes to arrest any Muslim on charge of seeking Allah's laws or it resorts to repression on Alem-Ulema, the JMB would go for counteraction, "Inshallah", the group warned.
The JMB appealed to the members of parliament from both the treasury and the opposition benches to immediately introduce Islamic rule in the country burying all partisan disputes.
They called the present democratic system a creation of 'kafer' (infidels) producing two groups--the government and the opposition, dividing the nation thereby. And this system gives right to enforce hartal and blockade to assume power, causing damage to public interest.
"Those who want to give institutional shape to democracy are the enemies of Islam," says the leaflet, adding that if they want 'hedayet (blessings) of Allah', both the government and the opposition should unitedly introduce Islamic law immediately by burying party conflicts.
They called for shunning the evil Constitution and removing all 'shirks, bida't' and obscenity to implement Islamic rule in the country and allowing the people to perform Islam the correct way.
"But if you, being scared of Bush-Blair clique, don't have the courage to establish Islamic rule, quit the evil politics of democracy," they said. And then "the Tauhidee janata will establish Islamic laws following the system of Sura (highest Islamic Consultative Committee) comprising Alem, Ulema, Masaek and Islamic scholars".
In an appeal to bureaucrats and judges, the JMB called for stopping administrative and judicial activities under what they called evil laws of democracy, constitution and the government that did not establish Islamic rule. " Make your life worthy by gaining Allah's blessings by extending your all-out cooperation in establishing Islamic laws."
"Because, democracy is the product of evil power," it said. "Democracy is the main weapon to establish evil forces in the world. This evil order allows the arrest of Mujahideen who are on Allah's path.'
The leaflet also carries a call for all members of the armed forces, including army, BDR, police and Rab, to protect the laws of Allah instead of "evil laws" now prevailing in the country under the present constitution. " Don't abide by evil laws, obey the laws of Allah," it says.
"Don't take arms under the evil laws against the soldiers of Allah. Give up your loyalty to evil power and join the force of Allah's soldiers," the self-styled sentinels of religion said with a note of caution that steps would be taken against those who would not cease loyalty to 'evil power.'
"Allah says those who are faithful fight for the cause of Allah. On the contrary, the kafers fight for evil forces," the JMB said.
In a separate appeal to world Muslims, they said the "biggest terrorist" of present world is George W Bush who launches attack on innocent Muslims by resorting to terrorism and tries to make the Muslim nonbelievers by forcibly imposing "Kufri (evil) Constitution".
"They want to bring the whole world under their control through a new world order by establishing Kufri concept of democracy. It seems to be a neo-Pheraoni ambition," the leaflet stated, " but soldiers of Allah will not allow their ambition to come true and establish Kufri concept of democracy.
They lamented that those who take arms for the cause of Allah are branded as militants and terrorists. But Almighty Allah says "Hey believers! Pick up your own arms and come out in battalions separately or unitedly".
"Therefore, it is our appeal to world Muslims, you compel your government in your respective Muslim country to implement Allah's rules. Quit Kufri United Nations and form Muslim United Nations and strengthen the Muslim ummah."
Administering a note of caution for 'Kafers and Mushriks', the JMB urged the Bush-Blair duo to quit their occupation of Muslim countries. "The Muslims across the world are rising up. If you don't stop repression forthwith, you will not be allowed to live in safety anywhere in the world."
The group asked anti-Islam NGOs to stop activities against Islam. "Otherwise, you will be uprooted."
It must be Israel or Bush's fault. /sarcasm
Four hundred bombs killed two people?
Disgusting. It's hard to imagine that this is so unimportant to organizations that claim to be reporting "world" news. Not a lot of people were killed, true, but that was simply because this group had limited resources and decided to go for quantity - that is, showing how widely they were distributed adn that they were willing to strike anywhere (hospitals, etc.) - than "quality," that is, a high kill ratio. Someday, they'll be able to do both, thanks to the ignorance of the MSM.
If only they never invaded Iraq... oh wait.
Wow. 459 bombs? All at once? Yikes.
The casualty reports do seem awfully low considering the number of devices. Perhaps just first-news-fog.
Spot on. Heh.
EX - ACT - LY !!
The muzzies have shown us we have two options:
1. They try to kill us - We try to stop them.
2. They try to kill us - We DON'T try to stop them.
It isn't a matter of philosophy or doctrine, it's a matter of seeing things like this story unfold on a pretty regular basis. Why the Left does not understand this, I do not know. If they get their way, they aren't any more secure, and the world just goes farther down the hole.
Muslims killing people with bombs ? Wow , this never happens (sarc=off
Jeff
Women and children are pawns in the islamofascist war against the world and it makes no difference whether they are muslim or not.
There's a pic of one of the bombs on this thread. Just scroll down a bit:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1464929/posts
It's tiny, more like a bombino or a bomby-poo than a real bomb.
If it's typical of the rest, then it seems they were going for quantity over quality in a big way.
How many of you heard about the bombs that went off in the Sinai the other day that injured two Canadian peacekeepers? Anyone?
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