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Bangladesh crackdown on Islamist militants after attack on police |
2009-02-22 |
![]() Hopefully including late night road trips to check on arms caches.... Sahara said that her forces captured the 14 suspected militants belonging to the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) organization and seized a pro-jihad books, leaflets and DVDs. The crackdown comes after an attack inside a police station on Friday, when JMB militants exploded a grenade shortly after a press conference to announce their capture. That attack, in Gazipur, injured at least 15 people. Me thinks the police were slightly embarassed about that and are taking it out on the JMB. "Militancy is the enemy of the country, democracy and constitution - all the radicals will be brought to justice," Khatun said. According to intelligence reports, militants in Bangladesh have been regrouping under the banner of JMB, which the government officially banned in February 2005, and calling for sharia or Islamic law in the Muslim-majority country. The group is responsible for a spate of major attacks on public places, killing dozens of people, including several judges, in recent years. Six senior leaders of the JMB were hanged in early 2007 for their role in bomb attacks. The home minister claimed that the militants had planned a massive attack ahead of the celebration of International Mother Language Day, but the police had circumvented the plans. |
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