Bomb Attack At Shakib Al Hasan's House Hours After Sheikh Hasina's Delhi Presser

A petrol bomb was thrown at the ancestral home of former Bangladesh cricket captain and former Awami League MP Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday night, hours after he appeared virtually at a press conference alongside the country's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in India.

The attack took place around 8:45 pm local time at Shakib Al Hasan's ancestral residence in the Keshabmor area of Magura town. The house was also vandalised.

The incident came shortly after Sheikh Hasina addressed a virtual press conference organised at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in New Delhi. 

"Torching residences : the cost of attending Awami League press conference. Neo fascism engulfs Bangladesh," the Awami League said in a statement.