Bombs Hit Eid Celebrations in Bangladesh

At least one police officer was killed and five more injured when suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs near a mass prayer gathering to mark the end of Ramadan in Bangladesh Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of people were celebrating Eid al-Fitr in the northern district of Kishoreganj when assailants threw homemade bombs at police officers standing guard. One of the attackers was also killed in clashes that followed the explosion. The attackers were reportedly carrying machetes -...

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