Teenager injured in Nayapaltan crude bomb explosion
16-year-old Sunny who was injured in a crude bomb explosion on 11 May in Nayapaltan. Photo: Collected
A 16-year-old teenager suffered splinter injuries in a crude bomb explosion in the capital's Nayapaltan area this afternoon (11 May).
Sunny, hailing from Chattogram, collects rags and sells it in the area. Today, he came across a shopping bag. When he peeped in, the bomb exploded and he sustained injuries to his hands and legs, Paltan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Monir Hossain Mollah said.
He was first rushed to Central Police Hospital in Rajarbagh and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, he added.
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"There was a crude bomb inside the abandoned shopping bag. An investigation is underway to determine who left it there," said the police official.
