Bangladesh is on alert as ISIS with its growing support in South Asia has threatened to launch a attack days after the group claimed responsibility for Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka A pro-ISIS 'Telegram' application has released a poster in Bangla which says, “Coming Soon” and indicated an attack in Bangladesh and West Bengal.The poster also features the logo of a group called Al-Mursalat, a group affiliated to ISIS. Three years ago, local JMB sleeper cells had put up posters in several districts of West Bengal asking the youth to join the terrorist organization. A Bangladeshi-origin businessman who was formerly with Army and currently residing in London is under scanner.Reports have also emerged that armed gangs, potentially linked to Isis, are taking control in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. In 2017, terrorists who pledged to ISIS in the Philippines held an entire island hostage for nearly five months. Over 1,000 people were killed in the battle to retain the main city.
Source: Economic Times April 29, 2019 16:52 UTC