Dhaka attack: With ISIS being ruled out focus now on JMB
Dhaka,July 3: With Bangladesh ruling out the role of the ISIS in the Dhaka attack, the focus is now back on local militant groups such as the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.
Minutes after the attack, the ISIS and the al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the same, but the government was unwilling to credit the attack to the two outfits.
In
fact
when
the
negotiations
were
on
the
terrorists
repeatedly
demanded
that
the
attack
be
credited
to
the
ISIS.
The
Dhaka
police
have
learnt
during
the
probe
managed
to
identify
five
of
the
terrorists.
The
police
said
that
they
all
had
criminal
antecedents.
Those
identified
are
all
in
the
age
group
of
20
to
28.
Their
names
are
Akash,
Bikash,
Don,
Badhon
and
Ripon.
The
probe
currently
is
focused
on
the
role
of
the
JMB.
The investigators are also trying to ascertain if they were aided by the Pakistan ISI. Officials say that all these angles are part of the probe. The focus is currently is on the JMB.
The JMB is the same outfit which was preparing bombs in Burdwan, West Bengal with an intention of carrying out a series of attacks in Bangladesh. The JMB is in a running battle with the current establishment and had planned on destabilizing the regime.
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