1999 Khulna mosque bombing

1999 Khulna mosque bombing
LocationKhulna, Bangladesh
Date8 October 1999 (UTC+06:00)
TargetAhmadiyya
Attack type
Mass murder; bomb attack; terrorism
Deaths8
Injured30
PerpetratorsHarkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami

The 1999 Khulna mosque bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on an Ahmadiyya mosque in Khulna, Bangladesh, on 8 October 1999. In the explosion, 8 people died and around 30 were injured.[1][2] On 10 October 1999, the Bangladesh Army removed a time bomb from the headquarters complex of the Ahmadiyya mission in Dhaka, three days after the bombing. Two days after a bomb was recovered from the Jannatul Ferdous Ahmadiya mosque in Mirpur, Dhaka.[3][4]

Background

The Ahmadiyya are a small sect of Islam whom many conservative Muslims consider heretical. There are about 100,000 Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh, where 90 percent of the population follow other sects of Islam.[5]

Attack

On 8 October 1999, a remote controlled bomb went off during Friday prayers in the Ahmadiyya mosque in Khulana, Southern Bangladesh, killing eight people.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Ahsan, Shamim. "The Blame Game Goes on". Star Magazine. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Siddiqui, Tasneem; Ahsan, Masood Alam Ragib; Hassan, Jesmul; (Organization), Odhikar; International, Minority Rights Group (2005). Freedom of religion in Bangladesh. Odhikar. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board of (4 July 2000). "Treatment of Ahmadis in Dhaka; reports of attacks, especially by the Khatme Nabuyat [Khatm-e-Nabuwwat]; police response (1995-2000) [BGD34714.E]". ecoi.net. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh Army Disarms Mosque Bomb". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 10 October 1999. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Manik, Julfikar Ali (25 December 2015). "Suicide Bomber Strikes at Ahmadi Mosque in Bangladesh". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "It's suicide bombing". The Daily Star. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "135 killed, over 1,000 in bomb attacks in 6 years". bdnews24.com. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  8. ↑ State of Human Rights ..., Bangladesh. Bangladesh Manobadhikar Samonnoy Parishad. 1999. p. 156. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

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