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- There were no other casualties in attack near Dhaka airport, police say
- It was the third recent attempted suicide attack in Bangladesh's capital
The blast occurred at a checkpoint near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, according to Assistant Police Commissioner Ruhul Amin Shagor.
It was the third recent attempted suicide attack in Bangladesh's capital.
On Saturday, a suspected militant carrying explosives was killed by the Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, Bangladesh's counterterrorism squad.
On March 17, a suicide bomber denotated explosives outside a RAB camp in Dhaka, killing himself and injuring two security personnel.
Last year, terrorists invaded a trendy restaurant in the capital, taking hostages and exchanging gunfire. Twenty-one people inside the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe were killed, along with two police officers and four terrorists.