Bomb blasts kill five people in Bangladesh

At least three bombs ripped through a cattle market in northwestern Bangladesh today, killing four policemen and a businessman, a news report said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosions in Naogaon district, 120 miles northwest of the capital, Dhaka, the United News of Bangladesh news agency said.

The attackers seemed to have targeted policemen posted as guards at the market in a region where outlawed Maoist guerrillas operate, the report said.

Officials were not immediately available for comment.