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| DHAKA, Bangladesh — Three powerful bombs exploded Friday in two mosques inside a naval base in a port city in southern Bangladesh, the police said. | DHAKA, Bangladesh — Three powerful bombs exploded Friday in two mosques inside a naval base in a port city in southern Bangladesh, the police said. |
| Six naval personnel were wounded in the nearly simultaneous blasts in Chittagong on Friday afternoon during prayer services, said Javed Mahmud, the officer in charge of the investigation at the local police station. Attacks on a military base are rare in Bangladesh. | Six naval personnel were wounded in the nearly simultaneous blasts in Chittagong on Friday afternoon during prayer services, said Javed Mahmud, the officer in charge of the investigation at the local police station. Attacks on a military base are rare in Bangladesh. |
| One bomb exploded in a mosque on the ground floor of the base’s hospital, and two went off in another mosque about 500 yards away, the police said. Two men carrying unexploded bombs were arrested by the police, said Haroon Ur Rashid Hazari, deputy commissioner of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police. | One bomb exploded in a mosque on the ground floor of the base’s hospital, and two went off in another mosque about 500 yards away, the police said. Two men carrying unexploded bombs were arrested by the police, said Haroon Ur Rashid Hazari, deputy commissioner of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police. |
| Devdas Bhattacharya, another police official, said that the suspects threw their bombs inside the mosques, but that he believed that they had initially intended to carry out a suicide attack. | |
| In its own account of the episode, the military said that one person was detained with some unexploded bombs and that an investigation was continuing, according to a statement issued Friday evening. | In its own account of the episode, the military said that one person was detained with some unexploded bombs and that an investigation was continuing, according to a statement issued Friday evening. |
| Bangladesh has been roiled by violence in the past year, with attacks on secular bloggers, religious minorities and foreigners. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for some attacks, but Bangladesh’s government has repeatedly rejected such claims. | Bangladesh has been roiled by violence in the past year, with attacks on secular bloggers, religious minorities and foreigners. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for some attacks, but Bangladesh’s government has repeatedly rejected such claims. |