Chittagong Division (Islamist Terrorism): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2015

55 people including 28 Policemen were injured in separate clashes between Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists and Policemen in Brahmanbaria and Habiganj Districts on January 4, reports The Daily Star. In Brahmanbaria District, 35 people including 20 Policemen were injured as BNP activists clashed with the lawmen in Brahmanbaria town. In Habiganj District, 20 people including eight Policemen were injured during a clash between the activists of BNP and Policemen. Read less...

Police arrested 17 cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS),the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) from Sadar sub-District of Comilla District on January 4. Police said that the ICS cadres were arrested while they were holding a secret meeting at a house. Read less...

In Bandarban District, 12 people, including two policemen, were after AL men attacked BNP men preparing for a protest rally. Read less...

In Chandpur District, 20 people were injured in a threeway clash between the AL and BNP men and Police. Read less...

In Chittagong District, 20 people, including three Policemen and a shop employee, were injured during a clash between Police and activists of the BNP. Read less...

In Khagrachhari District, 40 people were injured during a clash between the BNP and the AL activists. Read less...

In Cox's Bazar District, four persons were injured when blockaders attacked and vandalised the vehicle of District council administrator Mostaq Ahmed Chowdhury. Read less...

One person was killedand many others were injured during the countrywide nonstop blockade by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance on January 6, reports The Daily Star.In Chandpur District, a youth was killed after a truck, set afire by blockaders, rammed his CNG-run three-wheeler at Ghosherhat area on Chandpur-Comilla regional highway. The deceased was identified as Alok Charkabatry (30). Read less...

In Noakhali District, two persons were killed and 50 others were injured when Police intercepted the BNP procession at Chowmohani Rail Gate area under Begumganj sub-District. The deceased have been identified as Rubel Hossain (28) and Mohin Uddin (30). Read less...

Khagrachhari District, four people were injured in a clash between Awami League (AL) and BNP supporters, during the blockade. Read less...

In Chittagong District, rickshaw-puller Sumon (22) was injured when a homemade bomb exploded near him in Bahaddarhat area. Read less...

One person was killed and two others injured on January 8, the third day of nationwide blockade enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance in Laxmipur District, reports The Daily Star. Mohammad Yusuf (35), the president of Anderchar union unit Jubo League, the youth wing of the ruling Awami League (AL) was beaten to death and his two brothers injured in an attack by the blockaders at Char Basu Bazar under Kamalnagar sub-District. Read less...

General secretary of BNP's Ward 3 unit Giasuddin received shotgun pellets in his thighs as Police opened fire on blockaders in Kadamtoli area. In Feni District, executive magistrate Abdul Quader (35) was injured when blockaders exploded a crude bomb on his microbus on Shaheed Shahidullah Kaisar Road when he was patrolling streets to contain picketing. Read less...

Many others injured on January 9, the fourth day of nationwide blockade enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance, reports The Daily Star. In Bogra District, 20 blockaders were injured in a clash with Police at Hukum Ali Bus Stand in Dhunat. In Narayanganj District, five BNP men were injured in a clash with Police. In Chandpur District, five blockaders were injured as they clashed with Police at Ramchandrapur of Hajiganj. In Dhaka city, four people were injured. Three people received burns after pickets set fire to their vehicles in two incidents. Meanwhile, general secretary of BNP's Ward 3 unit Giasuddin received shotgun pellets in his thighs as Police opened fire on blockaders in Kadamtoli area. In Feni District, executive magistrate Abdul Quader (35) was injured when blockaders exploded a crude bomb on his microbus on Shaheed Shahidullah Kaisar Road when he was patrolling streets to contain picketing. Read less...

One person was killed and many others were injured on January 10, the fifth day of nationwide blockade enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance, reports The Daily Star. In Rangpur District, Altaf (45), a headmaster of Government Primary School died of his injuries at Rangpur Medical College Hospital. In Chandpur District, 10 people were injured in a clash between Awami League (AL) and BNP activists at Ramchandrapur Bazar. In Sirajganj District, 10 BNP men were injured during their clash with Police in Dhanbandhi area. In Chapainawabganj District, three people, including one Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personal, were injured when blockaders exploded handmade bombs at a truck convoy in Kansat. In Moulvibazar District, two people received burn injuries when blockaders set fire to a bus at Kowla area in Kulaura. In Dhaka city, two persons were injured. Shafiqul Alam (35) sustained burn injuries when blockaders exploded a petrol bomb on a bus at Kalshi. In another incident at Chhuritola area, rickshaw puller Motaleb (28) was injured in a crude bomb attack. In Dinajpur District, a truck helper was burnt badly when alleged pro-blockade activists exploded petrol bombs at his vehicle. Read less...

Two people were killed in violence on January 13 in the ongoing BNP-led combine's indefinite blockade, reports The Daily Star. In Chittagong District, Enam Hossain (33) was killed when a truck on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway skidded off into a roadside ditch after blockaders exploded petrol bombs at it. Two other persons Hafez Hannan (35) and Suman Shil (32) were also injured in the incident. In Noakhali District, Jamir Uddin (32), a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was killed after being hit by brickbats hurled allegedly by blockaders. Read less...

Seven people were killed and many others were injured during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance's countrywide nonstop blockade on January 14, reports The Daily Star. In Rangpur District, five people, including a child, were burnt to death and 15 others were injured as alleged blockaders hurled a petrol bomb at Mithapukur sub-District in Rangpur District. Earlier, it was reported that four people, including a child, were burnt to death and 10 others suffered injuries. In Chittagong District, Muhamad Jubayer (21), a cadre of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), was crushed to death by a truck which they allegedly tried to torch on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Highway in Lohagara. Two other ICS cadres were also injured. In Feni District, Belal Hossain (24), an activist of Jubo League, the youth wing of the ruling Awami League (AL) was beaten to death allegedly by pro-blockade pickets in Sonagazi. In Dhaka city, seven people, including a Police constable and two Ansar members, were injured in crude bomb attacks. In Chapainawabganj Dsitrict, two truck drivers were seriously injured when blockade supporters hurled bombs at their vehicles in Rasulpur area. Read less...

One person was killed and many others were injured during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance's countrywide nonstop blockade on January 16, reports The Daily Star. In Chapainawabganj District, Motiur Rahman (22), a union-level leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP was killed during a gunfight with law enforcers. A pistol, a revolver, two light guns, two other guns, three magazines, five bullets, 17 crude bombs, 10 petrol bombs and five sharp weapons were found on the spot. In Noakhali District, five persons were injured when pro-blockade pickets set fire to a vegetable laden truck at Mandari Bazar. In Sirajganj District, a trucker suffered burn injuries after blockaders hurled petrol bombs at his tomato-laden truck near the Bangabandhu Bridge. In Feni District, blockaders hurled a petrol bomb at a truck near Charipur Industrial Area in which the driver was injured. Meanwhile, a group of unidentified miscreants allegedly severed the tendons of both legs of Ponki Miah, an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League (AL) at Shah Paran gate in Sylhet city of Sylhet District on January 16, reports Dhaka Tribune. BCL Sylhet unit General Secretary Raihan Chowdhury accused JCD activists behind the attack. Read less...

Many others were injured during the BNP-led 20-party alliance's countrywide nonstop blockade on January 17, reports The Daily Star. In Dhaka city, 13 Policemen and nine others were injured in two attacks. According to Police, miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus carrying around 30 policemen near Matsya Bhaban intersection injuring 13 Policemen. In another incident, five passengers were burnt and four more injured after blockaders torched a bus in Mohammadpur. In Chittagong District, a rickshaw puller was burnt when miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at his rickshaw in Akber Shah area. Read less...

One person was killed and many others were injured during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance's countrywide nonstop blockade on January 18, reports The Daily Star. In Barisal District, Sohag Biswas (18), a truck helper was burnt to death as alleged pro-blockade pickets hurled a petrol bomb at the vehicle in Uzirpur. In Comilla District, 20 people, including four Policemen, were injured as BNP activists clashed with ruling Awami League (AL) men. In Dhaka city, four persons were injured when blockaders riding motorbike hurled petrol bombs at a Bikalpa Paribahan bus and fled setting the vehicle on fire. In Chittagong District, three persons were injured when pro-blockade pickets threw crude bombs at a bus carrying a bridal party to the port city. In Gaibandha District, three people suffered injuries as alleged blockaders vandalised a truck at Balachira on Gaibandha-Sunderganj road. Read less...

In Chittagong District, four persons were injured in two different incidents. Three on-duty Police Constables were injured as suspected blockade supporters hurled two crude bombs targeting them at Chandgaon. In another incident, Sakibul Islam, a leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) was injured while trying to explode homemade bombs at Kadamtali. Read less...

In Chittagong District, a garment worker was injured as blockade supporters hurled brickbats at a bus carrying workers in Panchlaish. Read less...

In Chittagong District, truck driver Azizur Rahman (35) and his helper Muhamad Shamim (23), suffered burn injuries as alleged blockaders hurled a petrol bomb at their vehicle at Sitakunda on the Dhaka- Chittagong Highway. Read less...

Police arrested 125 BNP-JeI activists for carrying out subversive activities during the ongoing blockade. Of them, 29 were arrested from Narail District, 25 from Gazipur District, 22 from Dhaka city, 16 from Kushtia District, 10 from Noakhali District, nine from Feni District, eight from Comilla District , four from Satkhira District and two from Laximpur District. Read less...

Two persons were killed and many others were injured during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance's countrywide blockade on January 28, reports The Independent. In Dhaka city, Sakibul Islam (20), a cadre of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), who was injured while hurling crude bombs in Chittagong District, succumbed to his injuries at Apollo Hospital. In another incident, Asaduzzaman (35), a newly appointed judge was seriously injured in a crude bomb attack in Mirpur area. In Chandpur District, Motaleb Hossain (40), a truck helper died at Ghoshairhat while trying to escape a petrol bomb attack. Read less...

One person was killed and many others were injured during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 20-party alliance's countrywide blockade on January 30, reports The Daily Star. In Laxmipur District, Mohammad Sumon (36), a bus driver was killed and four people were suffered burn injuries in an accident at Chandraganj. The accident took place after alleged blockade supporters hurled a crude bomb at the bus blurring the road with thick palls of smoke. In Dhaka city, two pedestrians Abul Bashar (45) and Topon Roy (28) were injured after blockaders blasted crude bombs at Palashi intersection. Read less...

In two more incidents in Rajshahi and Chittagong Districts on January 31, three cadres of ICS were arrested red-handed while they were fleeing after hurling crude bombs at Police reports The Daily Star. The three arrested are Saiful Islam Selim (35) and Nawshad Ali (19) in Rajshahi District; and Ekramul Huq Sumon (23), in Chittagong District. Read less...