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DHAKA, BANGLADESH, December 21, 2003: 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.

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