"We're probing where they've gone," local police station chief Rafiqul Islam told AFP, while another officer told local media the family was suspected to have flown to Syria. Local media reported on Wednesday dozens have travelled to the Middle East to join IS. Bangladesh was spurred into launching a nationwide hunt for people reported missing by their families in recent times, following the July 1 siege claimed by Islamic State group. Hasina, who has long denied IS and Al-Qaeda have a foothold in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, urged villages to form committees to gather information on those missing. Police and parents said the five who stormed the Western-style cafe and hacked the hostages to death had gone missing months earlier.

Source: Thanhnien News July 20, 2016 10:30 UTC