2002 Satkhira bombing was a double bomb attack on 28 September 2002 of Roxy cinema hall and a circus tent in Satkhira District, Bangladesh that killed 3 people and injured 100 others.[1][2][3]
| 2002 Satkhira bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Satkhira, Bangladesh |
| Date | 28 September 2002 (UTC+06:00) |
| Target | general public |
Attack type | Triple murder; bomb attack; terrorism |
| Weapons | Time bombs |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 100 |
| Perpetrators | Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh |
Attacks
editJamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, a Bangladeshi Islamist terrorist organization, carried out attacks on the early 2000s in public places in Bangladesh.[4][5]
A bomb was placed in a Roxy cinema hall and another inside a circus tent in Satkhira District on 28 September 2002. Three people died in the explosion and 100 others were injured.[4][5] The first bomb went off in the cinema hall and minutes later the bomb in the circus went off.[6] Time bombs were used in the attacks.[7] Similar attacks took place in Mymensingh in the Mymensingh cinema bombings.[8]
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