At least six people were injured when two Molotov cocktails exploded at a mosque inside a major naval base in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong after Friday prayers, the latest in a series of attacks on temples, security establishments and foreigners claimed by Islamists.
“Two (Molotov) cocktails exploded at a mosque inside the BNS Issa Khan in Chittagong after the (weekly) jumma prayers... Six people received minor injuries in the blasts,” the navy said in a statement hours after the blasts.
One was detained from the scene with several “unexploded” bombs, police said.
The navy statement, however, did not say if authorities suspected any Islamist outfit or other groups for the incident but said “outsiders too come to the mosque to offer prayers” alongside the naval personnel.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. A police officer had earlier told PTI that they seized two unexploded bombs from the scene and detained two people for interrogation while a bomb disposal unit was allowed inside the base on the shoreline of Bay of Bengal.
An unconfirmed report earlier suggested the blasts took place in two mosques inside the navy unit.