DHAKA: ISIS news agency Amaq has claimed that the terrorist group has bombed security forces in Bangladesh's Sylhet. The report claimed that at least 6 people, including a policeman and a terrorist, have died in the attack when a grenade was hurled into a crowd. According to the report, the incident happened when a crowd had gathered near a building where terrorists were hiding. The security forces had surrounded the area, and had initiated an operation to flush out the terrorists. Despite orders to stay indoors, around 500 people had gathered at a residential area in Dakshin Surma in Sylhet's Shibbari area to watch the security operation against terrorists holed up in a 5-storey residential building. Several residents were trapped inside, but the security forces managed to evacuate most of the residents of the building.
The military operation - named 'Operation Twilight' - was launched on Saturday, after a 48-hour siege by security forces failed to drive the terrorists out of the residential building. According to a news report, Bangladeshi officials said that army para-commandos led by a Major General launched the operation. They were assisted by Bangladesh Police's Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit, counter-terrorism unit and the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
"GOC (General Officer Commanding) of our Sylhet-based 17 Infantry Division, Major General Anwarul Momen is leading the 'Operation Twilight' there," a military spokesman told news agency PTI. TV channels were barred from live coverage of the operation.
The operation is still under way. Locals says gunshots were heard from the building this morning. Bangladesh Police said that the terrorists are believed to be the operatives of neo-Jamaat-un-Mujahideen Bangladesh, or neo-JMB - the same group which was behind the July 1 terror attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 22 people, including 17 foreigners, were killed in 2016. The neo-JMB is said to be inclined to ISIS.
Around 70 people were rescued and evacuated before the military and security forces launched a full-scale military operation.
Before the military operation, the police used megaphones, telling the terrorists to surrender. The previous night, the authorities had cut-off the gas and electricity supply to the building.
Bangladesh, which has witnessed a spate of attacks on activists, foreigners and religious minorities since 2013, has launched a massive crackdown on terrorists - especially after last year's Dhaka cafe attack in which 29 people (including the terrorists) were killed and several others were injured.
Source:-NDTV
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The military operation - named 'Operation Twilight' - was launched on Saturday, after a 48-hour siege by security forces failed to drive the terrorists out of the residential building. According to a news report, Bangladeshi officials said that army para-commandos led by a Major General launched the operation. They were assisted by Bangladesh Police's Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit, counter-terrorism unit and the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
"GOC (General Officer Commanding) of our Sylhet-based 17 Infantry Division, Major General Anwarul Momen is leading the 'Operation Twilight' there," a military spokesman told news agency PTI. TV channels were barred from live coverage of the operation.
The operation is still under way. Locals says gunshots were heard from the building this morning. Bangladesh Police said that the terrorists are believed to be the operatives of neo-Jamaat-un-Mujahideen Bangladesh, or neo-JMB - the same group which was behind the July 1 terror attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 22 people, including 17 foreigners, were killed in 2016. The neo-JMB is said to be inclined to ISIS.
Around 70 people were rescued and evacuated before the military and security forces launched a full-scale military operation.
Before the military operation, the police used megaphones, telling the terrorists to surrender. The previous night, the authorities had cut-off the gas and electricity supply to the building.
Bangladesh, which has witnessed a spate of attacks on activists, foreigners and religious minorities since 2013, has launched a massive crackdown on terrorists - especially after last year's Dhaka cafe attack in which 29 people (including the terrorists) were killed and several others were injured.
Source:-NDTV
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