Attack on Bangladesh's Ahmadiyya mosque leaves 1 dead
Xinhua, December 25, 2015 Adjust font size:
An attack on worshipers at a mosque of Ahmadiyya Muslim community in a western Bangladeshi district has killed at least one people and wounded three more.
The Friday attack took place at Chokpara mosque of Ahmadiyya community, in Rajshahi district, some 256 km west of the capital city.
Motiar Rahman, officer-in-charge of Rajshahi's Baghmara Police station, told journalists that the suspect behind the explosion was dead in the attack, adding that authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
"We're suspecting that the deceased is the attacker himself," Rahman said.
The injured were rushed to a local health complex immediately, he said.
Muslim-majority Bangladesh has suffered a rising tide of Islamist violence over the recent months. Endit