DHAKA: Bangladesh police Tuesday killed chief of a homegrown banned militant outfit blamed for several deadly attacks on foreigners, bloggers, rights activists and the 2016 Dhaka cafe siege that killed 20 other people, including an Indian woman.
Khorshed Alam alias Shamil, chief of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was once killed in a gunfight in Bogra within the northwestern the city of Shibganj, police mentioned.
"We raided his secret abode at Shibganj area (of Bogra) overnight. When the militants tried to resist us firing gunshots . . . Khorshed was killed as we retaliated," a police officer informed journalists.
Bogra Sadar circle's Additional Superintendent of Police Sanatan Chakraborty mentioned they raided the Tantipukur house, following a tip-off that a staff of militants had accumulated there.
Upon seeing the police, the militants opened fireplace, forcing the security staff to fire back, triggering a gunfight, Chakraborty was once quoted as saying by way of the Dhaka Tribune.
Although nearly all of the militants fled the scene, Khorshed's bullet-riddled body was once found at the spot, the officer mentioned.
Chakraborty mentioned the injured leader was once rushed to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, where docs declared him brought lifeless.
On his approach to the sanatorium, Khorshed revealed his identification, Chakraborty mentioned.
Two policemen who were injured within the gun struggle are undergoing remedy at the Bogra Police Hospital, he mentioned.
The officer mentioned that police recovered two firearms, 3 rounds of bullets, a machete, and a dagger from the spot.
Bangladesh police blamed the JMB for the 2 terror attacks, including the Dhaka cafe siege, during which 20 other people, including 17 foreigners and an Indian woman, were killed within the nation's worst terror assault in Gulshan house of the capital on July 1, 2016.
Indian woman Tarishi Jain was once a student of the University of California in Berkeley. She was once in Dhaka for a holiday.
Next morning, a joint commando drive stormed the bakery, killing all the attackers and rescuing the captives, finishing the fear siege of just about 11 hours.
The Islamic State claimed the brutal Dhaka cafe assault, but the executive has insisted that the crowd had no base within the nation and the assault was once carried out by way of homegrown militant groups just like the JMB.
Bangladesh has also witnessed quite a few Islamist attacks since 2013 on foreigners, liberals and non secular minority with the Islamic State and the al-Qaeda making competing claims.
The executive has persistently brushed aside their claims, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's executive blames the JMB for the deadly attacks in Bangladesh.
Khorshed Alam alias Shamil, chief of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was once killed in a gunfight in Bogra within the northwestern the city of Shibganj, police mentioned.
"We raided his secret abode at Shibganj area (of Bogra) overnight. When the militants tried to resist us firing gunshots . . . Khorshed was killed as we retaliated," a police officer informed journalists.
Bogra Sadar circle's Additional Superintendent of Police Sanatan Chakraborty mentioned they raided the Tantipukur house, following a tip-off that a staff of militants had accumulated there.
Upon seeing the police, the militants opened fireplace, forcing the security staff to fire back, triggering a gunfight, Chakraborty was once quoted as saying by way of the Dhaka Tribune.
Although nearly all of the militants fled the scene, Khorshed's bullet-riddled body was once found at the spot, the officer mentioned.
Chakraborty mentioned the injured leader was once rushed to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, where docs declared him brought lifeless.
On his approach to the sanatorium, Khorshed revealed his identification, Chakraborty mentioned.
Two policemen who were injured within the gun struggle are undergoing remedy at the Bogra Police Hospital, he mentioned.
The officer mentioned that police recovered two firearms, 3 rounds of bullets, a machete, and a dagger from the spot.
Bangladesh police blamed the JMB for the 2 terror attacks, including the Dhaka cafe siege, during which 20 other people, including 17 foreigners and an Indian woman, were killed within the nation's worst terror assault in Gulshan house of the capital on July 1, 2016.
Indian woman Tarishi Jain was once a student of the University of California in Berkeley. She was once in Dhaka for a holiday.
Next morning, a joint commando drive stormed the bakery, killing all the attackers and rescuing the captives, finishing the fear siege of just about 11 hours.
The Islamic State claimed the brutal Dhaka cafe assault, but the executive has insisted that the crowd had no base within the nation and the assault was once carried out by way of homegrown militant groups just like the JMB.
Bangladesh has also witnessed quite a few Islamist attacks since 2013 on foreigners, liberals and non secular minority with the Islamic State and the al-Qaeda making competing claims.
The executive has persistently brushed aside their claims, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's executive blames the JMB for the deadly attacks in Bangladesh.
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