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Bangladesh hotel blasts injure over 30 people
02 Jun 2008 02:45:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
DHAKA, June 2 (Reuters) - Blasts at a multi-storey hotel in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka injured more than 30 people, police said on Monday.

They said two explosions rocked the nine-storey Orchard Plaza hotel at the city's Nayapaltal area late on Sunday night, settting two upper floors on fire.

Fire fighters said the victims included one Sri Lankan national. They said the fire was apparently caused by "gas explosions."

"It's not a bomb," one fire official told reporters.

"We are investigating the incident," a police officer said.

No other details were available. (Reporting by Anis Ahmed and Nizam Ahmed; Editing by Bill Tarrant)


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