Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Police hunt suicide bomb squads in Bangladesh / AFP, 30 Nov 2005

http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/051130065300.jyoy4ug0.html
"A massive police manhunt is underway in Bangladesh for would-be suicide bombers after two Islamic extremists blew themselves up, killing eight others as part of a battle to impose strict Muslim law in the country. Authorities in the secular democracy of 140 million people are on high alert following Tuesday's suicide bombings, the first seen in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. The attacks came two days after a faxed message in the name of "Al-Qaeda in South Asia" threatened to blow up the British and US embassies in Dhaka as well as European missions"