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Death toll from Gulistan blast rises to 19

RAB says it found that the explosion originated from the building's basement and ruled out the possibility of an AC unit causing it

Update : 11 Mar 2023, 02:20 AM

Rescue personnel on Wednesday afternoon recovered two bodies from the building in Dhaka's Gulistan where an explosion a day prior had killed and critically injured dozens, taking the death toll to 19.

The deceased are Momin Uddin Sumon, 45, and Robin Hossain Shanto, 20.

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) suspects that gas accumulated in the basement of the seven-storey may have caused the explosion on Tuesday.

RAB's bomb disposal unit said it had found that the explosion had originated from the building's basement and ruled out the possibility of an AC unit causing it.

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