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Ex-minister suspect in B’desh grenade attack

DHAKA: Bangladesh police said on Monday an influential ex-minister was a suspect in connection with a deadly grenade attack that targeted and wounded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2004.

Lutfozzman Babar, currently in prison for illegal arms possession, was the home minister in August 2004 when attackers threw a grenade at a rally of Hasina's Awami League party when she was leader of the opposition.

Hasina survived but one of her ears was severely damaged. More than 20 of her party supporters, including the wife of the current President Zillur Rahman, were killed in the country's worst political attack in decades.

Abdul Kahhar Akhand, senior police officer investigating the case, said they have now named Babar a suspect.

“We have today sought court's permission to question him for 10 days,” he told AFP. The move widens the police investigation into the attack, which was initially blamed on militants. afp

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