Author: DPA
Publication: DeepikaGlobal.com
Date: December 21, 2003
URL: http://www.deepikaglobal.com/search_newsdetail.asp?newscode=34757
Local residents foiled an attempt
by suspected Islamic militants to demolish a 200-year old Hindu temple
in the port city of Chittagong in southern Bangladesh, officials said today.
At least six Hindu residents of
the temple were injured in the overnight attack carried out by an unidentified
group of militants armed with shovels and crowbars.
Witnesses said clashes broke out
between the attackers and local residents after part of the temple's wall
had been dismantled.
The temple in downtown Chittagong
dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Kali is popular with the local minority
Hindu worshippers.
The attackers were apparently after
the temple's surrounding highly priced land.
Stiff resistance from the residents
in the port city 240 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka forced the
attackers to retreat, sources said.
