1999 Khulna mosque bombing was a terrorist bomb attack on an AhmadiyyaMosque in Khulna, Bangladesh on 8 October 1999. In the explosion 8 people died and around 30 were injured.[1][2] On 10 October 1999 Bangladesh Army removed a time bomb from the headquarters complex of Ahmadiyya mission in Dhaka, three days after the bombing. Two days after a bomb was recovered from Jannatul Ferdous Ahmadiya mosque in Mirpur, Dhaka.[3][4]
Background
The Ahmadiyya are small sect of Islam whom many conservative Muslims consider heretical. There are about 100, 000 Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh, where 90 percent of the population follow other sects of Islam.[5]
Attack
On 8 October 1999 a remote controlled bomb went off during Friday prayers in the Ahmadiyya mosque in Khulana, Southern Bangladesh, killing eight people.[6][7][8]
References
^Ahsan, Shamim. "The Blame Game Goes on". Star Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^Siddiqui, Tasneem; Ahsan, Masood Alam Ragib; Hassan, Jesmul; (Organization), Odhikar; International, Minority Rights Group (2005). Freedom of religion in Bangladesh. Odhikar. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
