British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson has said bomb attacks on Shia gathering is not acceptable.
The UK envoy issued the statement via his official Twitter account on Saturday immediately after a bomb attacks on a gathering that killed one person.
Nearly 60 others injured in the series of homemade bomb attacks on a Shia gathering in Hussaini Dalan.
Gibson tweeted: “Horrified at attack on #shia #Ashura procession. Such violence and intolerance is not acceptable. My sympathies to those affected.”
The first explosion occurred around 1:30am Saturday while the Shia community people were preparing for their traditional Taziah procession, a local television channel reported from the scene.
Later, two more bombs went off consecutively after five minutes.
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However, the Shias have brought out their traditional Taziah procession from Imam Bara with due religious fervour despite the bomb attacks.
Apart from the main procession from the ImamBara, the Shias brought out several numbers of Taziahs from different part of the capital, marking the holy Ashura.
They are seen carrying duldul, banners and flags in remembrance the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), along with his family members and 72 followers.
On this day in the Hijri year of 61, Hazrat Imam embraced martyrdom in the hands of soldiers of Yazid at Karbala desert for the supremacy of justice and righteousness.