At least eight people were injured while getting down from a bus hurriedly as miscreants hurled a petrol bombat the vehicle on Dhaka-Mawa highway here on Tuesday.
Police and witnesses said miscreants tossed the petrol bomb at the Mawa-bound bus of ‘Nagar Paribahan’ coming from Dhaka at Kadamtali on the highway around 9:30pm.
Eight bus passengers sustained injuries as they tried to get down from the bus swiftly.
On information, a fire fighting unit rushed in and doused the blaze.
The injured people took first aid at a local hospital.
In another incident, pickets exploded three crude bombs near an auto-rickshaw stand at Zinjira under Keraniganj Model Police Station around 8:30pm. None was injured in the blast.
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