Policeman among four dead in Bangladesh Eid prayer attack

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DHAKA: Policeman among four killed and many wounded Thursday following an explosion and a gunbattle near a mass prayer gathering to celebrate Eid in northern Bangladesh, police said.

Only days after 20 hostages were murdered by suspected Islamists in Dhaka, police and local media reported a new attack by jihadists near a prayer ground where at least 200,000 people were marking the end of Ramzan in the northern Kishoreganj district.