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Bangladesh shrine blast toll at three, four held DHAKA, May 22 (Reuters) Bangladesh detained four suspects for questioning after a blast at a Muslim shrine killed three people and injured more than 60, including the British ambassador, police said on Saturday. They said the death toll in Friday's blast at the Hazrat Shahjalal shrine in northeastern town of Sylhet had risen to three overnight after the bodyguard of British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury died in hospital of his wounds.Two men were killed in the blast during Friday prayers, the second at the shrine this year. "We nabbed four suspects but cannot identify them while investigations are going on," a police officer told Reuters by telephone from Sylhet, a city of 2.5 million people.Choudhury, who was hit below the knees by splinters, was flown to Dhaka by army helicopter on Friday and taken to a military hospital. Doctors said he was out of danger.A British citizen of Bangladeshi descent, Choudhury, who started his job in Bangladesh just a week ago, was participating in prayers at the shrine when the bomb went off. Police said they did not know who caused the blast or if Choudhury was a target. The main opposition Awami League said police had detained the "wrong people to hide the real culprits". |
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