At least one person was killed and over 40 other devotees of a Muslim saint were injured in a series of bomb blasts at a shrine in southeast Bangladesh early on Saturday, witnesses and media reports said.

The shrine at the Akhaura town of Brahmanbaria district, 224 kilometers from the capital Dhaka, was shaken by explosions soon after midnight, following which tension gripped the area, witnesses said.

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At least 1 person was killed and 42 others were injured in the blasts, media reports said. Devotees had gathered at the shrine for the annual Urs. No other details were available.