Bangladesh police have killed more than three dozen suspected militants in shootouts since the Dhaka cafe attack. Photo: ReutersDhaka: Bangladeshi security forces killed 11 members of a Islamist militant group on Saturday blamed for an attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July in which 22 people were killed, mostly foreigners. The government has blamed domestic militants but security officials say the scale and sophistication of the July attack suggested links to a trans-national Islamist network. Police have killed more than three dozen suspected militants in shootouts since the Dhaka cafe attack, including its presumed mastermind, Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, an American and an Indian were among those killed in the July attack.

Source: Mint October 08, 2016 08:25 UTC