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Dhaka Police Attack: Two neo-JMB terrorists arrested

Dhaka Police Attack: Two neo-JMB terrorists arrested

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 20 Jan 2020, 11:38 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested two neo-JMB terrorists in connection with the attacks on police in Dhaka in 2019, media reports said on Monday.

Neo- JMB is an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Majahideen Bangladesh.

 

The militants have been identified as Jamal Uddin Rafique, 26, and Anwar Hossain, 25, reported bdnews24.

 

Jamal, the 'mastermind' of the crude bomb attacks, is a former student of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, while Anwar is identified as a driver, reported the newsportal.

 

Police said both of them were arrested on Sunday.

 

Police have so far arrested six people in connection with the attacks, Monirul Islam, chief of DMP’s counterterrorism unit, told bdnews24.

 

Jamal admitted that he carried out the attacks on police at four places in Dhaka,” Monirul said.