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Bangladesh blast: At least three killed, 25 injured as troops raid militants hideout

The blast took place near a militant hideout being raided by commandos in northeastern Bangladesh, police said.

Sylhet city in Bangladesh where the blast took place. (Source: Google maps)

Police in Bangladesh say two civilians and a policeman have been killed in explosions as troops raided a suspected military hideout in the country’s east.

Golam Kibria, a senior police official in Sylhet city, said that 25 people were also wounded in the explosions that took place Saturday evening on a road near an Islamic religious school.

Paramilitary troops have since Friday been engaged in an operation to flush out a group of Islamist radicals holed up in a nearby building with a large cache of ammunition.

Police said that earlier Saturday, 78 civilians were rescued from the building as troops broke through a boundary wall. Troops and militants continue to exchange gunfire late Saturday.

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