3 teenagers injured in bomb blast

Rony, 14, and his friend Zakir, 13, were chatting in front of a tea stall at a market in Kataban when one of their acquaintances Mohammad Sohel, 14, a cleaner at Gausia market, appeared there with a hand-made bomb at around 4:00pm.

The bomb exploded when it suddenly dropped from his hand, leaving the three injured, witnesses said.

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With splinters in his hands, legs, stomach and face, Sohel was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The other two was admitted to a local clinic.