Two civilians and a policeman were killed in explosions in Bangladesh on Saturday as troops raided a suspected military hideout in the country's east, police said. Golam Kibria, a senior police official in Sylhet city, said 25 people were also wounded in the explosions, which took place on a road near an Islamic religious school. Troops and militants continued to exchange gunfire late Saturday. The gunbattle with suspected militants comes a day after a man detonated himself near a police post on a busy road near the airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence group, citing the Islamic State news agency Amaq.

Source: ABC News March 25, 2017 16:04 UTC