2001 Bagerhat bombing
| 2001 Bagerhat bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mollahat, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh |
| Date | 23 September 2001 (UTC+06:00) |
| Target | Sheikh Helal Uddin |
Attack type | Mass murder; bomb attack; terrorism |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Injured | 100+ |
| Perpetrators | Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami |
The 2001 Bagerhat bombing was a bomb attack on 23 September 2001 in Mollahat, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh.[1] It took place at Khalilur Rahman Degree College during an Awami League election rally led by Member of Parliament Sheikh Helal Uddin, and resulted in the death of nine people.
Attacks
The caretaker government had taken charge and had started to make preparations for the 2001 general elections in Bangladesh. In 2001, a number of Awami League events were bombed by suspected Islamist terrorists. Sheikh Helal Uddin, cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was speaking at an Awami League election rally at Khalilur Rahman Degree College ground in Mollahat Upazila, Bagerhat District. Two bombs were thrown which killed 9 people and injured more than 100 people.[2][3][4]
Trial
A case was filed following the attack, the proceedings of which were stopped on 19 April 2004 during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule.[5] The Home Ministry reopened the case after the Awami League returned to power.[6] After an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department, charges were pressed against six individuals on 21 August 2011. The accused were Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh chief Mufti Hannan; the former president of the Mollahat branch of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Badsha Mia Shikdar; and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh activists Arifuzzaman, Zillur Rahman, Hafez Mohammad Rakib Hasan, and Abu Taleb.[7][8]
References
- ^ Riaz, Ali (2008). Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web. Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-415-45172-7. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Bangladesh rally bombed". BBC News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Mufti Hannan remanded in Bagerhat bomb attack case". The Daily Star. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Chowdhury, Rashed (24 September 2001). "Eight die in Bangladesh election rally bomb blast". Gulf News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Case for bombing Sk Helal's public meet revived". The Daily Star. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Charges pressed against 4 over bomb attack on Helal's rally". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Mufti Hannan, 5 others charge sheeted". The Daily Star. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Charges pressed against 4". The Financial Express. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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