1 dead, 90 injured in blasts on B’desh Shia procession

A 12-year-old boy was killed and about 90 others injured on Saturday in blasts targeting a Shia procession in front of the community’s main shrine in the Bangladeshi capital, the third attack in the country claimed by the dreaded Islamic State militant group within a month. The bombing comes just weeks after an Italian aid worker and a Japanese farmer were shot dead in attacks claimed by the Islamic State. Police and witnesses said three bombs were hurled at the procession joined by more than 20,000 people at around 1:30 AM at Huseni Dalan, an important 17th century centre of learning for the Shia community. It was believed to be the first attack on the Shias in the Sunni-dominated Bangladesh.