SITE monitoring service said that Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the attack, just as it did for the previous bombing on the biggest Shi’ite shrine in the country.
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An Islamic State group affiliate in Bangladesh says it was behind an attack on a Shiite mosque that killed one man and wounded three others.
Police said the attack took place during the Maghrib prayers at Al-Mostefa mosque at Haripur in Shibganj Upazila on Thursday.
Police accused the slain terrorist, a JMB commander who went by multiple aliases including “Albany”, of hurling grenades into the capital’s main Shia shrine which was packed with worshippers last month, killing two and injuring dozens.
Police official Abdul Karim told AFP: “Three other worshippers were injured after three or four unidentified assailants fired at 15 to 18 Shiite Muslims as they were praying inside a mosque”.
Locals said Sunni Muslims in the area had no dispute with the Shias.
Police said on Thursday home-grown militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen was behind the attack and arrested five members of the banned outfit while main suspect, the head of the military wing of the group, was killed in a gunfight last night.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a statement after the Bogra attack said those who raided mosques were not “true Muslims” while she ordered law enforcement agencies to launch a probe into the incident.
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Security had been stepped up across the country after two top opposition leaders were hanged on Sunday following their conviction for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence conflict against Pakistan.
