Multiple Bangla blasts kill 10

Atleast four bombs exploded within a few minutes on Saturday in a packed cinema and a crowded circus in southwestern Bangladesh, killing atl...

Atleast four bombs exploded within a few minutes on Saturday in a packed cinema and a crowded circus in southwestern Bangladesh, killing atleast 10 people and wounding 200, police said.

The death toll is likely to rise as many of the injured were taken to hospitals in serious condition, a police official said in Satkhira town where the explosions happened.

However, the police headquarters in Dhaka said in a statement that only 40 people were injured, 27 of them admitted in hospitals. ‘‘There have still been no detailed reports about the number of dead,’’ the statement said. Two bombs went off at the Roxie cinema hall in Satkhira. The movie house had a capacity crowd during an evening show, the police official said.

Within minutes and a few blocks from the movie theatre, two more bombs went off at a crowded circus show at a carnival at the local stadium at the center of town, he said.

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