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2001 Sunamganj bombing
Location	Sunamganj, Bangladesh
Date	26 September 2001 (UTC+06:00)
Target	Bangladesh Awami League
Attack type	Mass murder; bomb attack; terrorism
Deaths	4
Injured	10

The 2001 Sunamganj bombing was a bomb attack on 26 September 2001 at a meeting of Bangladesh Awami League in Sullah Upazila, Sunamganj, Bangladesh that resulted in the death of 4 people.

Background

The caretaker government was in charge and responsible for holding the general elections. The government had deployed 50 military personnel for extra security during the election. A Bangladesh Awami League election rally on 23 September 2001 was bombed in Bagerhat District.

Attacks

Bangladesh Awami League were campaigning for the 2001 Bangladeshi general election. On 26 September 2001, a Bangladesh Awami League rally in Sunamganj District was bombed killing 4 and wounding 10 people.

Trial

The Sunamganj bomb attack remains unsolved as of 2008.

References

"Incident Summary for GTDID: 200109260004". start.umd.edu. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
"Bangladesh rally bombed". BBC News. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
Ethirajan, Anbarasan (2 December 2011). "Bangladesh panel submits findings". BBC News. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
Ahsan, Zayadul. "A grisly reminder of unsolved killings". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
Islam, Shariful (14 June 2008). "No breakthrough yet in probe into 16 cases". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 February 2018.

Islam in South Asia

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Afghanistan	Taliban Durrani Empire Emirate of Afghanistan 1929
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Islami Chhatra Shibir Islamic Democratic League Hefazat-e-Islam Islami Andolan Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Islami Jatiya Oikya Front Islami Oikya Jote Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan Bangladesh Islami Front Islami Chhatra Sena Islamic Front Bangladesh
India	Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Azamgarh Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya Jama'at Raza-e-Mustafa, Bareilly Sunni Students' Federation South India Raza Academy Samastha Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama (1989–present) All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board Darul Uloom Deoband Ahl-e-Hadith Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind National Development Front Popular Front of India Students' Islamic Movement of India Students Islamic Organisation of India
Pakistan	Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Tanzeem ul Madaris Dawat e Islami International Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Pakistan Sunni Tehreek Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahle Sunnat, Pakistan Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Jamiat Ahle Hadith Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Tanzeem-e-Islami Tehrik-e-Jafaria All Pakistan Ulema Council Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat
Others	All India Sunni Conference Shaheed Ganj Mosque Movement Finality of Prophethood movement Dawat e Islami International All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Ahlehadeeth Movement Bangladesh Hizb ut-Tahrir Jamaat-e-Islami Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir Jamaat ul-Fuqra Khaksars All India Khilafat Committee Muslim National Guard Tablighi Jamaat

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Militant Islamism in South Asia

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