Most of the victims in the violence claimed by Islamic State were foreigners, from Italy, Japan, India and the United States. The government has dismissed those claims, as it did the Islamic State claim of responsibility for Friday's attack. Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday one of the men they shot dead during the siege of a Dhaka cafe on the weekend may have been a hostage killed by mistake, while the hunt for accomplices of the gunmen who killed 20 people focused on six suspects. Police believe that Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an outlawed domestic group that has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, played a significant role in organising the band of privileged, educated young attackers. It was one of the deadliest militant attacks in Bangladesh, where Islamic State and al Qaeda have claimed a series of killings of liberals and members of religious minorities in the past year.

Source: The Star July 05, 2016 11:37 UTC