2 Dead, 100 Hurt in Blast at Shrine
From Times Wire Reports
A bomb exploded during prayers at a Muslim shrine in northeastern Bangladesh, killing two Bangladeshi men and wounding about 100 people, including the British ambassador, police and witnesses said.
British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury was taken to Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet. His injuries did not appear to be serious, the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry said.
No one claimed responsibility for the blast, and no arrests had been made.
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