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Passenger bus intercepted, fired at, set ablaze in Dhaka
Unidentified gunmen intercepted a passenger bus in the capital on Friday morning by firing blank shots before leading all passengers out to set the bus on fire.
The bus belonged to the city bus service operator Alif Paribahan. The bus was intercepted in Mirpur’s Senpara around 7:00am.
Witnesses said that there were three men involved in the incident. The men first assaulted the driver and his helper after intercepting the bus.
Panic-stricken passengers quickly got off the vehicle.
One of the attackers fired several shots at the front windshield, shattering it, before two others set the bus ablaze and fled the scene, witnesses said.
Police rushed to the spot and seized the bus.
Contacted, Kafrul police station’s officer-in-charge Abdullah Al Mamun said that the attack likely stemmed from a long-standing dispute over the bus’s ownership.
“No case has been filed yet, but we have seized the bus and started an investigation,” the OC said, adding that CCTV footage from nearby areas is being analyzed to identify the attackers, reports UNB.
Police said several parts of the bus were damaged before the fire was brought under control.