Bangladesh bomb attack kills one, injures 29

A bomb hidden in a tea flask by a suspected Islamic militant detonated outside a government building in Gazipur, Bangladesh, …

A bomb hidden in a tea flask by a suspected Islamic militant detonated outside a government building in Gazipur, Bangladesh, killing one person and wounding at least 29 others, including several police, authorities said.

The blast occurred outside a sprawling complex that houses the chief government administrator's office and a courthouse just two days after suspected Islamic suicide bombers killed seven people in the same place.

Islamic militants have repeatedly targeted lawyers and judges in Bangladesh, accusing them of promoting secular laws instead of Islamic Sharia rule.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts, but police said they discovered leaflets of Jumatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, a banned Islamic group, on the suspected bomber, who was wounded and captured.

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Emergency workers rushed 16 of the most seriously injured to a hospital in Dhaka, where one person died of shrapnel injuries, said Mozammel Haq, a doctor at the state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The militant was disguised as a tea seller near a line of people waiting to enter the government buildings, said Gazipur police chief Atiqul Islam. Security officers challenged him and he refused to undergo a search.

When officers threatened to shoot him, he threw a tea flask containing the bomb to the ground, and it exploded, Islam said. The bomber gave his name as Abdur Razzak (25) said Abdul Halim Mollah, a doctor at Gazipur Sadar Hospital, who treated him. "I was ordered by Allah to kill those who don't heed Allah's instructions," Mollah quoted the man as saying.

Doctors said there were four police, seven lawyers and three journalists among the injured. The latest attack comes as a lawyers' group and 14 opposition parties launched a protest strike to demand improved security after Tuesday's bombings - which killed seven people in Gazipur and four people in Chittagong, including two suspected bombers.

One of the suspected bombers from the attack Chittagong died today of his wounds, doctors said.