Bomb blasts and extremists
While I was watching BBC news thousands of miles away from home here in London, I was extremely astonished to see a shocking news on the unprecedented scale of terror attacks throughout Bangladesh. In 30 minutes, at least 459 time bombs in 63 districts across the country were blasted. As Lutfuzzaman Babor, State Minister for Home, said, "It is not an isolated incident and was done in an organised way with an objective." Well, obviously it was not an incident; it was a well-organised and planned effort by the banned militant group "Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh." This is not the first time it happened in our country as we had seen bombings several times, and yet another incident of five serial bomb blasts at courts took place. Our government should find out the motive behind the serial bomb blasts. In this case it can be said that the government failed to take any action against the elements responsible for the other blasts. The government should track down and prosecute the people involved in such criminal activities.
Meanwhile, the international community has come to know about the Islamic extremist groups and their activities in Bangladesh. So, I would like to draw the attention of our government and ask it to take action against those extremists.
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