Cocktail explosions at three spots in Dhaka in one night: police vehicle targeted in Shahbagh, blasts also at airport roundabout

Cocktail explosions took place at three spots in the capital Dhaka on Friday night. A cocktail was thrown at a police duty vehicle in Shahbagh, two cocktails exploded one after another at the airport roundabout, and another cocktail exploded beside Shahbagh's July Chattar. No one was injured in any of the incidents.

The first incident took place at around 10:20 pm on Friday. Shahbagh police station duty officer Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Khaleque said a cocktail was exploded targeting a police duty vehicle in front of the IB gate under Shahbagh police station at that time. The cocktail was thrown while riding past on a motorcycle.

Then, at around 11:45 pm, two cocktails exploded one after another at the airport roundabout in the capital. Airport police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kamrul Hasan Talukdar said unidentified persons set off the two cocktails from the flyover and fled. There were no casualties in the incident.

The last incident took place at around 12:01 am. SI Abdul Khaleque said another cocktail exploded beside Shahbagh's July Chattar at that time. The miscreants fled the scene after the explosion.

Shahbagh police station duty officer SI Abdul Khaleque confirmed the two Shahbagh incidents at around 2:15 am on Friday night. He said no one was injured in either incident.

Police could not say who was behind the airport incident either. According to airport police station OC Kamrul Hasan Talukdar, the attackers threw the cocktails from the flyover and fled, and there were no casualties in that incident either.

Although a total of four cocktails exploded in two rounds in Shahbagh and one round at the airport roundabout on the same night, no casualties were reported in any of the three incidents. In one Shahbagh incident, a police duty vehicle was directly targeted.