Indian Bollywood star Preity Zinta (C) speaks to the media about the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan during the first of five one-day cricket matches between India and New Zealand in Napier March 3, 2009. Five members of the Sri Lankan cricket team were wounded when around a dozen gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under police escort on Tuesday to a stadium in the Pakistani city of Lahore, officials
officers and wounding six Sri Lankan players.Lahore police chief Habibur Rehman said at least 12 gunmen attacked the convoy near Lahore's Gaddafi stadium Tuesday with rockets, hand grenades and automatic weapons. He called it a terrorist attack. Pakistan TV showed footage of gunmen running through the streets and firing on vehicles.Sri Lanka's sports minister say at least five players and an assistant coach received minor injuries in the attack, including Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavithana.Security concerns have plagued Pakistan for many years, and some foreign sports teams have refused to play in the country.
and other terrorist activities.On August 17, 2005, JMJB, under Islam's leadership, launched a nation-wide attack by exploding 500 makeshift bombs. Along with Shaykh Abdur Rahman, Islam is alleged to have masterminded the bombing. In late 2005, a series of suicide bomb attacks rocked Bangladesh. JMJB and Jamaat-al-Mujahedin Bangladesh have claimed responsibility of these attacks.
Police say that more than 50 people have been arrested in connection with the blasts.
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia condemned the attacks as "cowardly".
In each incident, bombs were set off in crowded spots, mainly at government offices, journalists' clubs and courts, between 1030 and 1130 local time.
Mr Babor said timing devices were found at the scenes of blasts but most of the bombs were small, homemade devices - wrapped in tape or paper.
Leaflets from the Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh have appeared at the site of some of the blasts.
"It is time to implement Islamic law in Bangladesh" and "Bush and Blair be warned and get out of Muslim countries", the leaflets say.
the British High Commissioner in Bangladesh was hurt in a grenade explosion at a Muslim shrine in the north-eastern town of Sylhet.
A mutiny by thousands of Bangladesh's border security guards spread outside the capital Dhaka Thursday, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the rebels to surrender immediately.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)
A rebellion broke out in paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Headquarters in Pilkhana area in Dhaka with witnesses reporting heavy gun battle among the troops at their main barracks.According to the reports, revolt erupted over pay and perks.At least 14 BDR officers including the top brass are feared killed. Director General of Bangladesh Rifles has also been killed in the firing. Meanwhile, several civilians caught in the crossfire were injured.According to an eyewitness, "The firing has been going on since 9 am. It's going on in the market as well. Some of the army people have come over to this side but we still cannot go to this area."Bangladesh Rifles soldiers have taken control of a mall near the headquarters.Officials said that army was called out to crush the rebellion as witnesses reported movement of military convoys and hovering of air force helicopters over the sky of the Pilkhana barracks.Smoke could be seen coming from the complex, with security forces sealing the area off.Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged soldiers to lay down arms and offered to negotiate over their demands."The army troops are now chalking out plans to enter into the barracks where heavy exchanges of gunshots were still underway," an army source said but officials inside the BDR Headquarters could not be reached.After independence from Pakistan in 1971, Bangladesh has had a history of coups and counter-coups.
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Residents carry a student wounded during shooting by soldiers of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire raged through the headquarters of the paramilitary BDR
A fierce gun battle broke out Wednesday inside the headquarters of Bangladesh's border security force in the capital Dhaka after a mutiny by soldiers against their officers, officials said.
A civilian injured during firing at the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles is taken for treatment in Dhaka, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. Mutinous border guards opened fire inside their headquarters and seized a shopping mall in the Bangladesh capital Wednesday, killing one person and wounding several others in an apparent pay dispute, officials said. The army moved in to quell the unrest.(AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Two Bangladeshi students react as firing continues near the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. Mutinous border guards opened fire inside their headquarters and seized a shopping mall in the Bangladesh capital Wednesday, killing one person and wounding several others in an apparent pay dispute, officials said. The army moved in to quell the unrest.
An artillery weapon is placed on the street near the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire raged through the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and nine others wounded, witnesses and hospital staff told Reuters.
At least one person has been killed and eight others were wounded Wednesday following a mutiny by Bangladeshi soldiers in the headquarters of the country's border security forces, a hospital official said.
A boy walks past army soldiers outside the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire broke out at the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and six others wounded, a doctor told Reuters.
Army soldiers take their positions on the street near the paramilitary headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire broke out at the BDR headquarters in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and six others wounded, a doctor told Reuters.
