Crude bombs explode in Mirpur, Mouchak and Shantinagar; 1 injured

A series of crude bomb explosions rocked parts of the capital last night (13 December), leaving at least one person injured, police said.

Between the afternoon and late night, miscreants detonated four crude bombs in separate incidents in Mirpur, Mouchak and Shantinagar.

According to police, around 4:30pm, assailants hurled a cocktail from the rooftop of the Muktijoddha Shopping Complex in Mirpur-1 onto the footpath below before fleeing the scene. The explosion injured a footpath shopkeeper standing in front of the market.

Confirming the incident, Shah Ali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jahangir Alam said the injured vendor sustained minor injuries. "We have visited the spot. Someone threw the cocktail from the top of the market and escaped," he said.

Later in the evening, at around 8:30pm, another crude bomb exploded near the police box at Mirpur-10. Around the same time, at approximately 8:15pm, miscreants set off a cocktail near the western signal of Shantinagar. The device struck an advertising billboard on a banyan tree near the signal before exploding. No casualties were reported in either incidents.

Meanwhile, at about 8:45pm, another cocktail blast occurred at the Mouchak crossing. Police said there were no reports of injuries from the blast.