Seven killed, many injured in blast in Bangladesh


  • World
  • Monday, 28 Jun 2021

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in an explosion in the Bangladeshi capital late on Sunday, police said.

The cause of the blast, which occurred on the ground floor of a three-storey building on a busy street in Dhaka'a Moghbazar area, was not immediately known.

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