Dhaka: Following the attack at Dhaka’s Holey Artisan in
Bangadeshi capital Dhaka, government officials have revealed five names of the
terrorists who carried out the violence in the Holy month of Ramadan. The
terrorist attack at the café killed as many as 20 people while 13 were rescued
with severe injuries.
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility of the
attack.
The Bangladeshi Officials have identified five of the
gunmen as Akash, Bikash, Don, Badhon and Ripon. However another source said that
three of these attackers used different names: Nibras Islam, Meer Saameh
Mubasher and Rohan Imtiaz. Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has
noted that, “They (terrorists) grew up here. However, their family may remain
unaware of their involvement into militancy and terrorism.”
Reports are that friends and classmates of the three
terrorists said that all of them were 21 to 27 years of old and were missing
for the last few months. The terrorists were students of a top private
university in Dhaka and was said to go for higher studies at Malaysia’s Monash
University.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Seikh Hasina paid homage to the
dead at the Army Stadium in Dhaka’s Banani area on Monday morning.
Meanwhile, another update from a pro-Islamic State Twitter
account saying that it will carry attacks at Heathrow, Los Angeles
International and New York Kennedy airports during the July 4. Reports are
that the threats were not immediately verified, but had heightened security in
all flights and other sensitive places.
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