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A militant suspect was killed in an explosion inside a house at Bhaluka of Mymensingh.
Law enforcers cordoned off the house at Habibari after the blast Sunday afternoon, Mymensingh Superintendent of Police Noor-e-Alam said bdnews24.com.
The SP said police suspect militants were using the house to make bombs.
The dead suspect was from Kushtia, he added, without giving any details about his identity.
Meanwhile, UNB reports, the deceased could not be identified yet.
Mamunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Bhaluka Police Station, said the bomb went off at the house around 6pm.
The deceased ‘militant’ along with his wife and a child rented the house only three days back, he said, adding that they encircled the house for conducting a drive inside.
The OC also said they detained house owner Azim Uddin for interrogation.
Police suspected that the wife and the child of the alleged militant were also injured in the explosion and they managed to flee the scene.