AMN /
Bangladesh Police Chief AKM Shahidul Hoque has said the terror attack in Gulshan cafe in Dhaka on 1st July and the bombings at Sholakia Eidgah on Eid day were carried out by the banned militant outfit Jamatatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Hoque was speaking to reporters in Kishoreganj after visiting the bombing site at Sholakia on Saturday. The police chief said the 5 terrorists killed in Gulshan cafe hostage attack were JMB members. Police had their details and were looking for them. He also said preliminary investigations indicate that JMB was involved in the Sholakia Eidgah bomb attack.
Both IS and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) had claimed responsibility for the Gulshan attack in which 20 hostages including 17 foreigners were killed. But the police chief said law enforcers could not find any IS link to the attack. In the case of Sholakia Eidgah attack, in which 2 policemen and a Hindu women lost their lives, neither IS nor ABT had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Hoque said on-duty policemen had indicated that at least 5-6 attackers were involved in the Sholakia Eidgah attack. One was killed and 2 have been caught, but there could be others involved or assisting them. The police chief said law enforcers are actively looking for them.