Seven killed, 50 injured in Dhaka blast

Published June 28, 2021
Crime Scene Unit members inspect the site after a blast in a shop that killed several people in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 28. — Reuters
Crime Scene Unit members inspect the site after a blast in a shop that killed several people in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 28. — Reuters

DHAKA: Seven people were killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion in the Bangladeshi capital late on Sunday.

The cause of the blast, which occurred on the ground floor of a three-storey building on a busy street in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area, was not immediately known.

“We have information so far that seven people died in the incident and 50 others have been admitted to hospitals,” Shafiqul Islam, Dhaka’s police chief, told reporters after visiting the scene.

Seven other nearby buildings and three buses were damaged in the explosion.

Television footage showed mangled pillars, broken concrete and glass shards strewn across the street.

Published in Dawn, June 28th, 2021

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