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.
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