2005 Bangladesh bombings
2005 Bangladesh bombings | |
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Location | Across bombs |
Deaths | 2 |
Injured | 115+ |
Perpetrators | Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami |
On 17 August 2005, around 500 bomb explosions occurred at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of
Attacks
The bomb exploded near
Victims
- Rickshaw driver Rabiul Islam was injured when seven bombs exploded at about 11:10 am at Biswa Road crossing near Shah Neamatullah College in the Nawabganj. He died on way to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.[4]
- Schoolboy Abdus Salam, who was 10 was injured when bomb exploded outside his house in Savar. He died in the hospital.[4]
Trials
The main perpetrators of the bombing, Bangla Bhai and Shaykh Abdur Rahman, were captured by the Rapid Action Battalion in early March 2006 during the BNP led government.[5] They were convicted of murder and terrorism charges, along with four other militants, and were executed by hanging on 30 March 2007.[citation needed] Five suspects were sentenced to death and one to 20 years in prison for their part in the bomb attacks in Bogra.[6] By 2013, 200 cases out of 273 cases filed in connection with 2005 Bangladesh bombings have been disposed of. Different courts have sentenced 58 people to death and 150 were sentenced to life in prison and 300 others were sentenced to various terms in prisons.[7]
Reactions
- Moudud Ahmed, the then law minister, from Bangladesh Nationalist Party said "If they try for 100 years, they will not turn Bangladesh into a Taliban state,".[8]
- The then chief cleric
See also
References
- ^ "Bangladesh arrests 200 over August bombings". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Khalil, Tasneem. "Bomb blasts shake Bangladesh". CNN. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Bombs explode across Bangladesh". BBC News. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ a b "459 blasts in 63 districts in 30 minutes". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ ."Top Bangladesh militant captured: police" Archived 31 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters news report, 6 March 2006.
- ^ "Five Islamists jailed for 2005 Bangladesh bombings". The Hindu. AP. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Sarkar, Kailash; Chowdhury, Kamran Reza. "No compiled data on Aug 17 serial blasts". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "All over the place". The Economist. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ "Protest against Bangladesh bombs". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2016.