At least 15 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in Bangladesh's capital Tuesday, officials said, after an explosion inside an office building in a bustling commercial district.
Firefighters and rescue workers are seen on the site of an explosion in a multi-storey building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 7, 2023. REUTERS/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain
The blast shook the fourth and fifth floors of a seven-storey building in Gulistan, a major hub for wholesale goods in Dhaka. "At least 15 people have died, including two women," he said, adding that hundreds of doctors and nurses had been mobilized to treat the injured. "Our officers are investigating whether it was an act of sabotage or an accident," police commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq told reporters.
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