2 cocktails explode near Dhaka airport

Two crude bombs, locally known as cocktails, exploded in succession near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital late Friday night.

Six more cocktails were reportedly detonated at four other locations across the city.

The explosions near the airport occurred at around 11:45pm on Friday (November 6) at the airport roundabout, Officer-in-Charge of Airport Police Station Kamrul Hasan Talukder confirmed.

According to the OC, unidentified individuals hurled two cocktails from an elevated expressway, triggering the explosions.

No casualties were reported in the incident, he said.

Further details about the six explosions at the other locations were not immediately available.