U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday there was evidence to
link the extremists behind a recent series of deadly attacks in
Bangladesh to the Islamic State (IS) group.
Bangladesh’s government has staunchly denied that IS or any international jihadist network has gained a foothold in the country.
Instead it has blamed local extremists for a deadly siege at a cafe in Dhaka last month and a series of killings of liberal activists and people from religious minorities. But speaking after meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a one-day visit to the capital, Dhaka, Mr. Kerry said there was “no argument” that extremists operating in Bangladesh had links to counterparts in Syria and Iraq.
Mr. Kerry, however, defended Hasina’s administration against accusations that it is in denial about the nature of the extremist threat it faces. He said the United States stood firmly behind Bangladesh in its fight against Islamist militants, and both countries have agreed to increase cooperation between their respective intelligence agencies.
Mr. Kerry was speaking just hours after Bangladesh police shot dead two suspected members of the local militant Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group during a gun-battle with security officers.
The shootings came just two days after police killed the suspected mastermind of the cafe attack during a gun-battle outside Dhaka.
Police named the suspect as JMB leader Tamim Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-born Canadian. — AFP
Source:-thehindu
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Bangladesh’s government has staunchly denied that IS or any international jihadist network has gained a foothold in the country.
Instead it has blamed local extremists for a deadly siege at a cafe in Dhaka last month and a series of killings of liberal activists and people from religious minorities. But speaking after meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a one-day visit to the capital, Dhaka, Mr. Kerry said there was “no argument” that extremists operating in Bangladesh had links to counterparts in Syria and Iraq.
Mr. Kerry, however, defended Hasina’s administration against accusations that it is in denial about the nature of the extremist threat it faces. He said the United States stood firmly behind Bangladesh in its fight against Islamist militants, and both countries have agreed to increase cooperation between their respective intelligence agencies.
Mr. Kerry was speaking just hours after Bangladesh police shot dead two suspected members of the local militant Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group during a gun-battle with security officers.
The shootings came just two days after police killed the suspected mastermind of the cafe attack during a gun-battle outside Dhaka.
Police named the suspect as JMB leader Tamim Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-born Canadian. — AFP
Source:-thehindu
View more:-Uttar Pradesh Mobile Number Database
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