Suicide bomber blows up at Ahmadi mosque in B'desh, 10 injured

December 25, 2015 19:07

A suicide bomber today blew himself up at a packed mosque of minority Ahmadi community during Friday prayers in northwestern Bangladesh, wounding 10 people, the latest in a series of attacks on minorities.

The blast took place when the mosque at Bagmara town, some 250 kilometres from Dhaka, was packed with worshippers during Friday prayers amid the nationwide celebration of Eid- e-Milad-un Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad.

"The explosion killed the suicide bomber and injured 10 others," a police officer said. According to local media reports, the attacker exploded the bomb that he had concealed under his garments. Police was yet to confirm the identity of the bomber but suspected that the attack was plotted by an Islamist group.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but in recent months, homegrown outlawed militant group Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh and Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on a shrine and a mosque of minority Shia Muslims in northern Bangladesh.

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