A police officer and two others were injured in a powerful blast claimed by the Islamic State in Bangladesh's capital.
The explosives that lead to the blast in a police pick-up van in Dhaka's Malibagh on Sunday night might have been planted, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said on Monday.
"We think it (the explosive) was kept in the car and not hurled at the police," he said while talking to reporters after visiting the injured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
"Based on primary investigation, we think it was an improvised bomb, but it was more powerful than the usual ones used here," he said.
An assistant sub-inspector and two others were injured in the explosion.
He said police have yet to identify the culprits.
Meanwhile, US-based SITE Intelligence Group said that IS has claimed responsibility for the blast targeting the police van in Dhaka.
Terming the incident as an act to spread fear, the DMP chief said: "If they (the attackers) wanted, they could have killed our police officials."
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