Fifteen supporters of MP Fazle Noor Taposh were injured in the attack [AFP]

Fazle Noor Taposh, a relative of Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladeshi prime minister, escaped with minor cuts and bruises following the attack in the capital's Motijheel district on Wednesday.

Khandakar Mahiduddin, a police official, told the Associated Press that unidentified attackers threw a bomb at Taposh as he was getting into his car outside his office.

He said Taposh was unhurt but the blast injured 15 activists of his party who were in the area.

Mahiduddin said Taposh fled in his car, which was slightly damaged. Police are investigating why he was targetted.

Bangladesh has a history of political violence and attacks on political rivals are common.

Taposh is the son of Sheikh Fazlul Haq Moni, a politician who was killed in a military coup in 1975 in which Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding father, was also killed.

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