2004 Dhaka grenade attack

21 August 2004 Dhaka Grenade Attacks
LocationBangabandhu Avenue, Paltan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date21 August 2004
17:22 (UTC+06:00)
TargetAwami League rally in response to 2004 Shah Jalal bombing[1]
Attack type
Grenade,Terrorism
Deaths24 (including Ivy Rahman)
InjuredOver 500
PerpetratorsHarkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (alleged)

Bangladesh Nationalist Party(alleged)

The 21 August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organised by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on 21 August 2004. The attack left 24 dead and more than 500 injured. The attack was carried out at 5:22 pm after Sheikh Hasina, the leader of opposition had finished addressing a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck.[2] Hasina also sustained some injuries in the attack. The involvement of BNP-Jamaat led government is still debated.[3]

  1. ^ "Blasts hit Bangladesh party rally". BBC News. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  2. ^ Bhattacharjee, Partha (21 August 2014). "Back from death, only to suffer". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. ^ Sultan, Tipu; Karmakar, Prasanta. "10 years of 21 August grenade attack". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.