Police sued two unknown assailants over the blast at an Ahmadiyya
mosque in Rajshahi’s Bagmara upazila that killed the suspected attacker
yesterday.
Md Masud Ali, a sub-inspector of Bagmara Police Station, filed the
case early today, our Rajshahi correspondent reports quoting Motiar
Rahman, officer-in-charge of the station.
Though neither of the attackers have been identified yet, including
the deceased, insiders said police were now suspecting a link of the
banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Case statement quoted witnesses to say there were two attackers in
the Chokpara Ahmadiyya Jamaat Mosque. Both attackers said to have
maintained eye contact.
Read more: ‘Attacker’ killed in Ahmadiyya mosque blast
Yesterday, during the simultaneous celebration of Christmas and
Eid-e-Miladunnabi, a “suicide blast” (according to police) in the mosque
killed the suspected attacker and injured three others in Rajshahi’s
Bagmara.
This attack on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community followed a series of
blasts on Hindu temples and attack on a Christian pastor in the northern
district of Dinajpur – adjacent to Rajshahi.
Earlier this month, blasts were carried out at an Iskcon temple and
Kantaji temple. One of the attackers caught red handed is a suspected
JMB militant who confessed his involvement.
The man also confessed to have shot the Italian pastor last month.
