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Bangladesh Blast: 7 killed, over 50 injured in building collapse after explosion in Dhaka
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam confirmed the deaths of seven individuals whereas at least ten individuals are critically injured.
Publish Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:19 AM IST
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REDhaka/New Delhi | Jagran World Desk: At least seven people died and over 50 were injured in an explosion which took place at a building in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area on Sunday evening. Reports quoted police and fire department as saying that the nature of blast, whether terrorism-driven or otherwise, is yet to be determined.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam confirmed the deaths of seven individuals whereas at least ten individuals are critically injured.
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7 killed, dozens injured in blast in Bangladesh capital
Rescuers stand amid the debris after a blast at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 27, 2021. (AP Photo)
28 Jun 2021 11:33AM (Updated:
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DHAKA: At least seven people were killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion in the Bangladesh capital late on Sunday (Jun 27), police said.
The cause of the blast, which occurred on the ground floor of a three-storey building on a busy street in Dhaka s Moghbazar area, was not immediately clear.
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Rescuers stand amid the debris after a blast at a market in Dhaka
At least seven people died and dozens were injured in an explosion Sunday in Bangladeshâs capital. But authorities could not determine the nature of the explosion that damaged vehicles and surrounding buildings, the police and fire department said.
The explosion took place in the evening at a building in Dhakaâs Moghbazar area, and rescuers reached the scene, said Faisalur Rahman, a fire control room official. At least seven buildings were damaged because of the force of the explosion, Rahman said.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam told reporters at least seven people died. The injured were taken to hospitals, he said.
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Police: At least 7 dead in Bangladesh blast
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) At least seven people died and dozens were injured in an explosion Sunday in Bangladesh s
capital.
by Associated Press
Jun. 27 2021 @ 11:05pm
Rescuers stand amid the debris after a blast at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, June 27, 2021. (AP Photo)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) At least seven people died and dozens were injured in an explosion Sunday in Bangladesh s capital.
Authorities could not determine the nature of the explosion that damaged vehicles and surrounding buildings, the police and fire department said.
The explosion took place in the evening at a building in Dhaka s Moghbazar area, and rescuers reached the scene, said Faisalur Rahman, a fire control room official.