Bomb attack on Chuadanga Christian family

Three members of a Christian family were injured when criminals hurled crude bombs at their house in Chuadanga's Damurhuda upazila early yesterday.

The wounded are Alam Mondal, 50, Rony Mondal, 22, and Thandu Mondal, 28.

Of them, critically injured Alam, a cattle trader, is now undergoing treatment at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital. The two others took first aid at Damurhuda Upazila Health Complex.

Liakat Hossain, officer-in-charge of Damurhuda Police Station, told The Daily Star that around 1:30am, a gang of criminals went to Alam's house in Baghadanga Girjapara village. The family had converted to Christianity from Islam.

Alam was sleeping on the verandah at that time. The gang demanded money from him outside the gate, Alam said.

“As I refused to give them the money, they started hurling bombs into my home,” he said.

The attackers hurled six to seven crude bombs into the house.

Alam suffered injuries in his left hand and abdomen. The two others injured were also sleeping on the verandah.

Hearing the explosions, locals rushed to the spot and the criminals fled.

“Criminals might have gone there to rob the house,” said Rashidul Hasan, superintendent of police in Chuadanga, who visited the spot.

Police were investigating the incident, he said.

A case was filed with Damurhuda Police Station in this connection.