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JMB commander who trained Dhaka bakery attackers killed in police raid
DHAKA: Amid a crackdown on suspected Islamist militants, police in Bangladesh’s capital have killed an alleged military commander of a banned group blamed for a
DHAKA: Amid a crackdown on suspected Islamist militants, police in Bangladesh’s capital have killed an alleged military commander of a banned group blamed for a string of attacks including the July 1 Gulshan bakery attack that killed 17 foreigners, authorities said.
The latest raid took place at Rupnagar residential area in Dhaka’s Mirpur zone late on Friday when police killed Murad alias Jahangir alias Omar after he allegedly opened fire at security officials before using a knife. Until early Saturday, details remained sketchy and the man’s family and personal background was still being investigated. Police said he was the “military commander” of the Jamatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB).
Monirul Islam, head of a counterterrorism unit, said police raided the six-storey house on a tip-off that the man entered the home to take his belongings on Friday night. He had left the rented home after an August 27 raid outside Dhaka in which a leading JMB figure was killed along with two accomplices. Local media said the man as “Major Murad”.
Islam said he was the man to train militants who opened fire on Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1.
