The 2004 Dhaka grenade attack was an attempt to kill Sheikh Hasina, the then-former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, on 21 August 2004. The attack left at least 23 dead and injured many others, except Hasina.
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Anderson was standing up, swaying backwards and forwards. The explosion made the woods quake.”
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