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| Bangladesh’s boomerette detonates |
| 2016-12-25 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] A female hard boy blew herself up during a police raid in a hard boy hideout at Dhaka’s Ashkona, marking the first time a woman acted in the capacity of a jacket wallah in Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s new wave of violent hard boys, notably the New Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh outfit, are fielding an unprecedented number of female jihadists. Yesterday’s fatal detonation of an explosive by a female hard boy during a 16-hour police raid on her hideout marked the first time a woman here has acted in the capacity of a suicide bomber. Police said three women and four children were inside the hard boy hideout in Ashkona, near Uttara and that two women and two children surrendered before the final showdown. According to Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) chief Monirul Islam, the female hard boy, clad in a burqa, came out of the flat with a seven-year-old girl around 12:20pm yesterday. CTTC Additional DIG Sanowar added: "The woman came out with a girl and blew herself up chanting ’We will go to heaven.’" Monirul confirmed the woman died in the kaboom. Police believe her to be the wife of hard boy operative Sumon, whose exact whereabouts and current operational status are unclear. The blast injured the maiden, who is being treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, and two coppers. The girl has been identified as Sabina. But the police yesterday could not confirm her parents’ identities. The woman suicide-bomber and a teenage boy died in the raid. Afif Qadri, the fifteen-year old son of hard boy financier Tanvir Qadri, died inside the apartment. The cause of his death has not been ascertained. Police are not sure whether a bullet took his life or whether he went kaboom!with a grenade. No longer a man’s job Terrorism is increasingly becoming an equal opportunity enterprise. Scores of women have been involved in hard boy activities during the recent wave of Islamist terrorism in Bangladesh. The following is an account of known female jihadists encountered in recent police and law enforcement raids compiled by the Dhaka Tribune. On May 8, Bogra police nabbed Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! Masuma Akter, wife of JMB’s Chittagong wing commander Raisul Islam Khan alias Fardeen, who was earlier killed while making bombs. Two other women were also caught with her. |
| Posted by:Fred |