Philippine Daily Inquirer

Blasts kill 6 as police raid terror hideout

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DHAKA— Two explosions ripped through a crowd on Saturday, killing six people and injuring some 50 in Bangladesh’s northeaste­rn city of Sylhet as army commandos stormed an Islamist extremist hideout, police said. The powerful blasts went off some 400 meters from the hideout, targeting police and hundreds of onlookers who were watching the commandos raid a five- story apartment building, police said.

 ?? —AFP ?? Bangladesh Army commandos take part in a raid on a suspected terrorist hideout in Sylhet on March 25.
—AFP Bangladesh Army commandos take part in a raid on a suspected terrorist hideout in Sylhet on March 25.

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