Unidentified assailants targeted parked vehicles, transit corridors, and administrative hubs across multiple districts with petrol bombs and crude explosives. The violence turned fatal in Faridpur, while similar attacks struck a university bus carrying students in Jhenaidah and disrupted transit hubs throughout the capital region. In response, law enforcement deployed hundreds of checkpoints across Dhaka to curb further escalations. Authorities have detained multiple suspects, linking many of them to the banned Awami League.
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Dhaka Metropolitan Police set up one hundred and sixty checkpoints to restore order and m…: Dhaka Metropolitan Police set up one hundred and sixty checkpoints to restore order and monitor capital transit routes.
Law enforcement arrested at least nineteen individuals across a twenty-four-hour period f…: Law enforcement arrested at least nineteen individuals across a twenty-four-hour period following the coordinated strikes.
Police suspect members linked to the banned Awami League are connected to the widespread…: Police suspect members linked to the banned Awami League are connected to the widespread vehicle arsons and bombings.
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NEW DELHI: A 60-year-old bus driver was burnt to death after unidentified miscreants set fire to a parked bus in Bangladesh's Faridpur early Monday, as a series of arson attacks and crude bomb explosions were reported in Dhaka and several other districts.
The deceased, identified as Md Kalachan Sheikh, was sleeping inside a bus belonging to Kishore-Tanay Paribahan near Goalchamat New Bus Stand when it was set on fire, reported Bangladesh Daily New Age (Bangladesh). Firefighters rescued him and took him to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
In another incident, a petrol bomb was hurled at a double-decker bus carrying around 35 students of Islamic University in Jhenaidah on Monday night. The bus, named Diganta, was travelling towards the university campus when the attack took place in the Dragon Bagan area of Shailkupa upazila. No casualties were reported, according to The Daily Star.
In Dhaka, at least two crude bombs exploded in front of Tokyo Square in the Mohammadpur area around 9:15pm on Monday. Police said they were yet to identify those responsible.
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