Awami League’s General Secretary Syed Asharful Islam’s motorcade has been attacked at Tongi in Gazipur, police said.Local AL leaders said Ashraful Islam left Dhaka for his constituency Kishoreganj on Monday morning.
At least three handmade bombs and brickbats were hurled around 8.30am at Tongi’s Hossain Market area seconds after Ashraf’s motorcade passed it.
Tongi Police Station OC Kazi Ismail Hossain said:” No one was hurt but some glasses of a few cars in the motorcade were broken.”
He said the Awami League general secretary was the target of the attack.
Syed Ashraf’s personal staff Syed Tofajjal Hossain told bdnews24.com:”We heard a huge sound while crossing Tongi. We did not face any problems on our way and reached Kishoreganj.” – bdnews24.com
