Chittagong, Sep 30 (bdnews24.com)—Police have arrested 26 people on
suspicion of attacking Buddhists and Hindu temples at Patia in
Chittagong on Sunday.
Patia Police Station Officer-in Charge
Aminur Rashid told bdnews24.com those arrested are workers of a single
shipbuilding firm, Western Marine Shipyard, at Lakhara in the upazila.
According to the OC, the shipyard's CCTV footage confirmed the workers were involved with the incident.
Many of the arrested confessed to their involvement, he added.
A
Buddhist temple at Lakhara was attacked and set on fire by a mob of
several hundred people who came in a procession around noon.
Later, they attacked Buddhists and Hindu temples at nearby Kolagaon and Jele Para. Many of Burmese Bengali living in those area and involving such attacked.
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