4 men flee after stabbing Jatrabari policeman during search, crude bombs found in bag

They leave behind crude bombs in a bag at the checkpoint

A routine police search in Dhaka’s Jatrabari has turned violent when a group of youths stabbed a constable and fled, leaving behind a bag containing crude bombs at the checkpoint.

The incident occurred around 2pm on Saturday at a police search post near the Kutubkhali Pocket Gate.

The injured constable, identified as Shah Alam, was stabbed above his left eye and later sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, according to Jatrabari Police chief Mohammad Raju.

The officer said the attack occurred when police attempted to search a suspicious individual.

“While on duty, a police member tried to check a suspect. The suspect suddenly stabbed the constable in the forehead with a knife and fled,” the officer said.

“There were four people. Just before the checking began, one of them stabbed the police member,” he added.

Police later recovered a bag containing five cocktail-like crude bombs and the knife used in the attack.

The bombs were later defused, the officer added.

Naik Nazrul Islam, a colleague who accompanied the injured officer to the hospital, said police had become suspicious after noticing a bag carried by one of the youths.

Following instructions from a senior officer, Alam approached to search the bag, prompting the carrier to attack him.