16 Are Killed in Blasts at Opposition Rally
A series of bombs exploded at an opposition rally in the capital, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 300, witnesses and news reports said.
Opposition leader Sheik Hasina Wajed was speaking from atop a truck when the first bomb went off outside her Awami League headquarters in Dhaka. She crouched in the truck, visibly shaken but not hurt.
No one claimed responsibility for the blasts. Angry opposition supporters smashed or burned dozens of passing vehicles to protest the attack. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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