Events and Casulties
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina had been speaking at a rally protesting blasts against the party's workers in Sylhet. The rally drew a crowd of 15,000 people. As Hasina finished her speech, a total of 13 grenades were thrown into the crowd from the rooftops of nearby buildings, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 200. Among the dead were Hasina's bodyguard and Awami League Women's Affairs Secretary Ivy Rahman.
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