Five more detained over bomb attack on CU teachers

Five more suspects have been detained over the bomb attack on a bus carrying Chittagong University teachers.

Chittagong Bureaubdnews24.com
Published : 12 Sept 2014, 05:22 PM
Updated : 12 Sept 2014, 05:23 PM

Police say they are activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir who were behind the attack on Wednesday.

One of them was apprehended from the university campus and the four others were from Hathazari Sadar on Friday evening, Hathazari Police Station OC Mohammad Ismail told bdnews24.com.

He said they were trying to find out whether the five were involved in the attack.

At least 14 people including 11 CU teachers were injured on Wednesday morning when handmade bombs were lobbed at a university bus by Shibir activists in Hathazari's Chhorharkul area.

Nine of the injured were admitted to the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital.

Right after the attack, police had detained five Shibir men and 20 others in the afternoon during raids on gCU campus.

File Photo

File Photo

OC Ismail said 11 of the attackers were sent to jail after they were presented before a court on Friday morning.

Two cases have been filed - one by CU Transport Department Director Rabiul alam and the other by Hathazari police Sub-Inspector Manjur Ahmed - over the attack.

In total, 95 people have been accused in the cases, of whom 25 have been named.