Two Killed, 10 Hurt in Latest Bangladesh Blast. (Hat tip: Ethel.)

DHAKA (Reuters) - Two people were killed and 10 wounded in a bomb blast in northeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, in the latest of a series of attacks that have killed more than 100 people in the past four years, police said.

They said the blast occurred outside a cinema in the city of Sylhet, 300 km (185 miles) from the capital Dhaka, at 9:30 a.m.

Doctors at Sylhet Medical College Hospital said they had admitted seven blast victims, some in critical condition. They gave no details.

“We still don’t know who was behind this blast, but have picked up some suspects,” said Rafiqul Islam Sardar, a police superintendent in Sylhet. He did not say how many were detained.

Sylhet, a city of about one million people, was tense after Sunday’s blast, with angry residents asking police and officials why they were failing to stop the repeated bombings in what they consider a holy town with shrines of Muslim saints.

The blast coincided with a visit to Dhaka by State Department coordinator for counterterrorism J. Cofer Black, who met government and opposition leaders before briefing the media.