Suicide bombers kill eight in Bangladesh

[Eugene]

(Sapa-AFP)

Suicide bombers kill eight in Bangladesh

Chittagong, Bangladesh

29 November 2005 10:52

Eight people were killed and 23 badly hurt on Tuesday in two suicide
bombings in Bangladesh that police blamed on Islamic extremists, the
latest in a string of attacks in the Muslim-majority nation.

Police accused the hard-line group Jamayetul Mujahideen, which wants
to introduce strict Islamic law in Bangladesh, of staging the attacks
targeting the nation's legal system.

"We're stepping up security around the country," said national police
chief Abdul Kaiyum after the attacks in the south-eastern port city
of Chittagong and in Gazipur, near the capital, Dhaka.

Eight people, including two suicide bombers, were killed and 23 people
-- including five police officers and a would-be suicide bomber --
were in serious condition in hospital as a result of the attacks,
police said.

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[roguevalley]

1. as if that country hasn't suffered enough already. this happens.

[applegrove]

2. Islamo-fascists are the problem. Too bad Bush got "side-tracked"

in Iraq.

[Lost4words]

3. Gosh I hope it wasnt near a call center!