DHAKA, Sept 10 – Bangladeshi police have stepped up security nationwide after seizing a huge cache of explosives from members of an outlawed Islamic group blamed for a wave bomb blasts last month, an official said Saturday.
«We’re prepared for any kind of situation as there re2_kommentars the possibility of further blasts,» Inspector General of Police Abdul Kaiyum told AFP. He said security had been tightened across the country.
Police have been keeping a tight watch on key government buildings and installations and stopping suspicious vehicles since hundreds of virtually simultaneous blasts last month killed three people and injured more than 100.
Police said they found enough explosives and detonators to make 470 bombs during a raid late Thursday on members of the outlawed Jamayetul Mujahideen group.
Authorities say they believe the group planted the 434 small bombs that exploded in nearly all the country’s 2_kommentar towns and cities August 17.
Leaflets found at the blast sites bore Jamayetul Mujahideen’s name and called for the introduction of strict Islamic law.(afp)