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2nd LD Writethru: Police constable dead, 10 injured in bomb explosions at Bangladesh's largest Eid congregation

Xinhua, July 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

A police constable was dead and 10 people, including several policemen, were injured as law enforcers exchanged fire with attackers on Thursday morning following bomb explosions at the entrance of Sholakia Eid prayer ground in Kishoreganj district, some 117 km northeast of Dhaka.

The largest congregation of Eid prayer in Bangladesh was being held on the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr that marks the end of the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan when the explosions occurred.

Witnesses described hearing several explosions and gunfire at the scene at around 9:30 a.m. local time.

It was not known immediately who launched the bomb attack.

A police official told Xinhua from Kishoreganj that security measures have been beefed up after the incidents of bomb explosions and gun fire in which one police constable was killed and 10 people including five to six policemen were injured.

"We're closely monitoring the situation," said the official who did not like to be named.

It was not known immediately whether the attackers have fled the scene or have been arrested by police.

The incidents came about a week after a terror attack on a restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave Gulsan in which 20 people including 18 foreigners were killed. Enditem