One of the three militants killed by Bangladeshi security forces on Saturday in connection with July's Dhaka cafe attack came from a posh area of the city like some of the attackers and went to a prestigious foreign university, police said on Sunday. The cafe attack was claimed by Islamic State and killed 22 people, mostly foreigners. Malaysian police said last month that at least two of the militants behind the cafe attack had attended Monash, although they did not name them. The identity of Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a 30-year-old Bangladeshi-born Canadian citizen suspected to be the mastermind of the cafe attack, was confirmed on Saturday itself. Analysts say Islamic State in April identified Chowdhury as its national commander in Bangladesh.

Source: dna August 28, 2016 13:18 UTC