But the troops did not succeed in ending a violent three-day standoff that has left six other people dead, including two police officers, and has injured at least 43. Mufti Mahmud Khan, said on Sunday that Colonel Azad was in critical condition and had been flown to Singapore for treatment. The Islamic State claimed responsibility on social media “for a bombing on Bangladeshi forces in Sylhet,” according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist communications. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe Sylhet siege follows a week of botched suicide bombings in Dhaka. He said officers cordoned off the building that evening, and were joined Friday by a specially trained police unit from Dhaka.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2017 19:20 UTC