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2 held over Shia mosque attack in Bogra

Update : 27 Nov 2015, 07:22 AM

Police have detained two youths on suspicion of the Thursday's firing on a Shia mosque at Haripur village under Shibganj upazila in Bogra.

Shibganj OC Ahsan Habib said police detained the two on Friday for questioning, reports UNB.

The OC also said a case has been registered with the police station in connection with the incident.

Some armed miscreants opened fire on the devotees at a Shia mosque at Haripur village during the Maghrib prayers, leaving the muezzin dead and three devotees injured.

Read More: One killed as gunmen attack Bogra Shia mosque

The attack took place a month after two people had been killed as miscreants hurled hand grenades at a Tazia procession of the Shia Muslims in Old Dhaka, on the occasion of Ashura on November 24.

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