Serial bombings culprits will be brought to book: PM
August 17, 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said all the culprits behind the countrywide serial bomb blasts on August 17, 2005 will be tracked down and brought to book.
“Militancy will be uprooted from Bangladesh,” she said, reiterating her government’s strong stance against militancy and all types of terrorism.
The prime minister made the remarks while addressing a function at the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) in the morning.
Hasina said there was patronisation by the state itself behind the August 17 serial bomb blasts across the country. “Such massive and unusual bomb attack is not possible without patronisation from the state.”
She asked: “If there was no state patronisation, how the terrorists could explode some 500 bombs within just 30 minutes?”
The prime minister further said the unprecedented bomb attack of August 17, 2005 was an attempt to encourage the militants and militancy in Bangladesh.
“We are determined to ensure that heinous incidents like August 17 serial bomb blast would never take place again in Bangladesh,” she said.
On August 17 in 2005, in an unprecedented terror attack, about 500 time bombs were blasted simultaneously in 63 out of the 64 districts in the country.
Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), the banned militant group, had claimed responsibility for the blasts through leaflets that left the countrymen in shock.
Source: thedailystar.net
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