Several cocktail bombs exploded in succession in the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) area of Dhaka University on Sunday evening. Students and people present at the scene detained two individuals suspected of involvement in the incidents and handed them over to Shahbagh Police Station.
Earlier, another cocktail bomb exploded in front of the university’s Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban.
Eyewitnesses said the two individuals allegedly set off several cocktail bombs in the TSC area and attempted to flee. They were caught near the metro rail station area while trying to escape. Some people present at the scene also beat them up.
It could not be immediately confirmed whether anyone was injured in the explosions. The identities of the two detained individuals were also not immediately known.