Bangladesh: Terror Deja Vu ! by Animesh Roul for counterterrorismblog.org

A day after three bombs exploded almost simultaneously in three railway stations on May 01, Bangladesh security forces put on a state of high alert across the country. The blasts that went off at Dhaka’s Kamalapur station, Northeastern Sylhet station and Southeast Chittagong station though did not inflict much damage as far as fatalities are concerned, it certainly reminded the establishment of August 17, 2005 country wide serial blasts. These blasts left at least one injured but triggered panic among rail commuters clearly showed that the intention was not to kill but to proclaim the arrival of emerging Islamist outfit. [Read more]