Dhaka Raids Nab Islamists Linked To July's Deadly Cafe Siege
November 17 2016
Police in Bangladesh say they have arrested five people linked to an Islamist group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July, reports Agence France-Presse.
Raids were carried out in the capital late Wednesday and early Thursday, said the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Thursday.
According to the police, those arrested were from the Sarwar-Tamim group with the Jamatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB). An explosives expert and an Islamic spiritual leader were among those...
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