”We know them (hostage-takers) along with their ancestors, they all grew here in Bangladesh...they belong to homegrown outfits like JMB (Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh),” he said. ”Let me clear it again, there are no ISIS or al-Qaeda presence or existence in Bangladesh...the hostage-takers were all home-grown terrorists not members of ISIS or any other international Islamist outfits,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told PTI. ”All of them were students and communicated at the crime scene in both Bengali and English,” the police source said. A police source was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune that all the attackers were Bangladeshi nationals aged between 20 and 28. Shahidul Hoque said five of the dead gunmen were listed as militants and police had been looking for them.

Source: The Telegraph July 03, 2016 07:52 UTC