Explosion from crude bomb thrown from flyover kills man in Dhaka

The blast struck beneath the flyover around 7:30pm, police say

A man has died in Dhaka from the explosion of a crude bomb hurled from a flyover, police say.

The incident occurred around 7:30pm on Wednesday beneath the flyover in front of the gate of the Muktijoddha Central Command Council.

The site is located in an alley housing two buildings of the AG Church and AG Church School.

Ibne Mizan, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Tejgaon Division, confirmed the fatality, identifying the victim as a man aged between 20 and 22.

“We learned that a crude bomb was hurled from the top of the flyover and struck the youth on his head," the officer said. "He died on the spot."

Police said the victim, identified only as Siam, worked at a decorator shop in Moghbazar.