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Crude-Bomb Blasts and Arson Across Bangladesh Injure at Least 25 Ahead of Hasina Trial Verdict
By Maya Wilson
Crude-bomb blasts and arson attacks took place across Bangladesh on Monday, injuring at least 25 people, the BBC reported, as supporters of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina staged protests ahead of the verdict in her trial.
The BBC reported that those injured included journalists and police officers. One journalist and one police officer were critically injured, according to the broadcaster.
The BBC’s reporting did not report any deaths.
The violence came as supporters of Hasina staged protests ahead of the verdict in her trial. The available BBC reporting establishes the nationwide pattern of crude-bomb blasts and arson attacks and the reported injuries, but does not provide further casualty figures, locations, arrest numbers, quotations or official statements in the verified information available to this desk.
Ada Derana separately reported that violence erupted in Bangladesh as supporters of the ousted prime minister staged protests, corroborating the broader account of unrest surrounding the demonstrations.
At least 25 people were reported injured in the BBC’s account. The toll includes members of the media and police, with one person from each group critically injured. No deaths were reported by the BBC.
Casualty reporting elsewhere has differed, but no death is being reported here as established fact. The confirmed core of the BBC’s account is that crude-bomb blasts and arson attacks injured at least 25 people amid the protests ahead of Hasina’s trial verdict.
Further details about the violence were not included in the verified reporting available to this desk and may emerge as reporting develops.
— Maya Wilson, World Desk
Maya Wilson leads The Library Media’s World Desk and serves as the house’s intelligence lead.
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