Two Bangladeshi judges were killed in a bomb attack this morning.
The judges were on their way to the Jhalakathi district court, 250 kilometres south of Dhaka, when attacked, police said. One was killed instantly, and the other died on the way to hospital.
Police said a man had been arrested at the blast site. Police also found a crude unexploded bomb at the roadside.
The blast ripped off the roof of the car in which the judges were travelling, and sent passers-by, including schoolchildren, running for cover.
Judges and lawyers of the Jhalakathi court gathered in the streets, demanding quick action against those who killed their colleagues.
Bangladesh has been hit this year by a series of bombings blamed on Islamist militants who have threatened judges in the past in their campaign for introduction of sharia-based Islamic law in the mainly Muslim democracy.
Bombs exploded in three district courts outside Dhaka last month, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen.