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Two Killed, At Least 30 Injured In Bangladesh Bomb Blast


Authorities in Bangladesh say at least two people have been killed and at least 30 others injured in a bomb blast near Dhaka, during a national strike to protest recent suicide attacks.

A reporter for VOA in Dhaka says the injured include three journalists, seven lawyers and several policemen.

Police say the explosion occurred at a police checkpoint near a court in Gazipur town near Dhaka. On Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed six people at the same court, and several people were killed near a court in southern Chittagong city.

Police blamed the attacks on the outlawed Islamic militant group, Jumatul Mujahedin Bangladesh, which wants strict Islamic law to be instituted in the Muslim-majority, but secular, country.

Lawyers called a national strike on Thursday to press for greater security and immediate government action to prevent further attacks on the judiciary.

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