Dhaka terror attack suspect Tahmid Khan freed on bail

DHAKA: Bangladesh has released on bail a student of the University of Toronto who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a terror attack on a Dhaka restaurant

DHAKA: Bangladesh has released on bail a student of the University of Toronto who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a terror attack on a Dhaka restaurant in July in which 20 hostages were killed.

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Tahmid Hasib Khan, 22, was released late on Sunday night from Dhaka central jail at Keraniganj after a metropolitan magistrate accepted his bail petition, senior jail superintendent Jahangir Kabir said on Monday.

Khan was arrested on August 3 over his alleged involvement in the gruesome attack, in which 17 foreigners including an Indian student were killed.

He was seen on the rooftop with a firearm with an attacker and another top suspect.

At least five Islamist militants attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant on July 1 when many foreigners and local diners were inside at the Gulshan diplomatic zone of Dhaka.

The attackers also killed two police officials.

NARRATOR OF IS VIDEO IS SON OF EX-BANGLA HOME SECY: POLICE

Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday identified the narrator of a video released recently by the Islamic State featuring the five Dhaka attackers.

“We confirmed the voice of the narrator through voice recognition software,” Counter Terrorism Unit chief Monirul Islam was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.