B'desh: 4 killed, 31 injured as commandos storm militants' den

At least four people were killed and 31 wounded in two blasts today when Islamist militants hurled explosives on people as army commandos stormed their hideout in northeastern Sylhet city in Bangladesh after a 30-hour security siege.

Doctors and security officials said the four included a policeman and a college student. Four security officials injured in the blasts were critical, according to Osmani Medical College, Hospital's deputy director Debabrata Roy.

The first blast happened around 7:00 p.m. about 400 metres off the five-storey building where the militants were hiding.

It targeted the huge crowd witnessing the operation codenamed 'Twilight' and policemen deployed there as part of a cordon.

Another blast took place in front the hideout an hour later and killed the policeman. "The Rapid Action Battalion and armed policemen had replaced onlookers at the first blast site when the second attack happened," an eyewitness told

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