Bangladesh
Online Bomb Making Class Two Neo-JMB men arrested for attacking police after learning to make bombs online
Dhaka, August 2: Zahid Hasan alias Boma Zahid alias Raju alias Forkan, one of the Neo-JMB bomb makers, a student of Chemistry Department of Jahangirnagar University, used to impart online bomb making training. The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police recently arrested two associates of Zahid. The CTTC said the detainees had learned how to make bombs online from Zahid.
The arrested are Shafiqur Rahman Hridoy alias Baitullah Mehsud alias Captain Khattab and Md Khalid Hasan Bhuiyan alias Afnan. CTTC chief Md Asaduzzaman made the remarks at a press conference at the DMP's media and public relations department at noon on Monday (August 2).
He said the two members of the new JMB were arrested on May 16 in connection with a bomb attack on police at the Signboard traffic box at Narayanganj Siddhirganj Police Station near Dhaka. They were arrested in a raid in Jatrabari police station area of the capital on Sunday (August 1).
Police also recovered 400 grams of red explosives, three cans of butane gas, a set of remote control devices, four packets of small bearing balls, 10 Christmas bulbs, two black electric tapes, an IED making manual and a motorcycle used in the attack.
"They (militants) are not active offline, but online. However, the city dwellers have nothing to worry about. The CTTC is arresting militant members before any incident takes place," the chief said.
On July 11, CTTC's Bomb Disposal Unit and SWAT team arrested Abdullah Al Mamun, a member of the military wing of the Neo-JMB from Noagaon area of Araihazar Police Station in Narayanganj district, with bombs and bomb-making equipment. On the basis of Mamun's information, Shafiqur and Khalid Hasan, members of the military wing of the Neo-JMB and one of the bomb makers, were arrested from the Jatrabari area of the capital.
