Police recover 6 crude bombs from city’s Shyamoli, arrest one

Police recovered six live crude bombs along with bomb making materials from a house in Shyamoli of the city on Sunday afternoon. Police also arrested one person from the house, while three persons injured in explosions while making bombs managed to flee the scene. Police quoting witnesses said three people were injured when crude bombs exploded at about 3:00 pm today while they were making bombs inside a multi-storey building at 27/3 of Shyamoli Road no-3 in Sher-e-Bangla police station. When contacted, Officer-in-charge of Sher-e-Bangla police station Abdul Momin said police went to the spot on information soon after the explosion and recovered six live crude bombs and bomb making materials from the spot. Police arrested one Abdullah, 22, suspecting his involvement in the incident, he said. We recovered a torn human finger from the spot. Three injured people fled the scene immediately after the explosion, the OC said, and adding police has been hunting for the three injured who were apparently making bombs. – UNB