Bangladeshi authorities say a Canadian man suspected of organizing a deadly attack on a popular restaurant in Dhaka has been killed in a police raid near the capital. The country's top counter-terrorism official says officers killed three suspected militants early Saturday, including Bangladeshi-born Canadian Tamim Chowdhury. He's also suspected to have led a July 7 attack on a prayer gathering near Dhaka that left four people dead, including two police officers. Bangladeshi soldiers stormed the restaurant, which was popular with foreigners, after heavily armed militants attacked it and took several hostages. University of Toronto student transferred to prisonThe family of Tahmid Hasib Khan, a University of Toronto student who was detained in Bangladesh after surviving the restaurant attack, says he has been transferred to prison.
Source: CBC News August 27, 2016 10:47 UTC