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Vol. 5 Num 590 Wed. January 25, 2006  
   
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3 boys hurt as bomb goes off at school


Three schoolboys were injured in a bomb explosion at a school in Sreenagar upazila of the district yesterday.

Locals said the bomb exploded in the room of class X at Shamaspur School and College with a big bang at 10:00am, leaving three student of the class--Sumon, Nimmy and Urmi--injured.

They are now undergoing treatment at the upazila health complex.

Officer in-charge (OC) of Sreenagar Police Station told the news agency that though the bomb exploded with a big bang, it had no splinters. The bomb might have been blasted to create panic among the students, he said.

Police kept the whole area cordoned following the bomb blast.