Moulvibazar

Bangladesh Police Storm Hideout, Find Up To Eight Bodies

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Bangladesh security forces found the scattered body parts of up to eight people including women and possibly children when they stormed an Islamist hideout on Thursday, police said. Security forces entered the building after a two-day stand-off with armed fighters believed to be from a new faction of an extremist group the government has blamed … Read more

Grenade Attack As Bangladesh Police Raid Islamist Hideout

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Bangladesh police came under grenade attack when they raided two suspected Islamist extremist hideouts on Wednesday, days after a major anti-militant drive in which 10 people were killed. Police said counter-terrorism officers raided two houses in Moulvibazar district in the northeast after receiving a tip-off that extremists were sheltering there. A stand-off ensued, with those … Read more