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Bangladesh New Year Terror Attack Foiled; 5 Terrorists Arrested
A major terror attack in Bangladesh on the New Year's eve has been foiled with the arrest of five operatives of the banned terror group JMB along with guns and 30 kgs of explosives, police said today.
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5 Suspected Of Plotting New Year Attack In Bangladesh, Arrested
Police in Bangladesh have arrested five suspected terrorists believed to be plotting to attack New Year celebrations, a counter-terrorism police chief said on Wednesday.
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Head Of Terror Group Behind Dhaka Attack Dead: Police
The chief of a radical Islamist group accused of carrying out Bangladesh's deadliest terror attack on a popular cafe in Dhaka in July died during a police raid, the country's elite security force announced today, in a major blow to the ISIS-linked outfit.
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Picture Of Dhaka Terror Attack 'Coordinator' Released: Report
Bangladeshi investigators have released a photo of a suspect who they believe was the "coordinator" of the deadly Dhaka cafe terror attack which left at least 22 people, mostly foreigners, dead, the media reported on Friday.
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British-Bangladeshi Survivor Of Cafe Attack Held At Unknown Location, Says His Lawyer
A man who was celebrating his daughter's 13th birthday with his family in a Dhaka cafe when they were caught up in a bloody hostage-taking nearly four weeks ago is still being held as a suspect, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Bangla Police Gives Blood Samples Of Cafe Attackers To FBI
Bangladesh police today handed over to the FBI for testing blood and hair samples of militants who carried out the country's worst terror attack in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed.
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Bangladesh Investigating Zakir Naik's Islamist Links: Minister
Bangladesh government today said it was investigating the Islamist links of India-based controversial preacher Zakir Naik and examining the possibilities of banning his "provocative" speeches in the wake of two brutal terrorist attacks in the country within a week in which 25 people died.
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Zakir Naik May Face Action For 'Hate Speech', Shiv Sena Demands Ban
Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, whose 'hate speech' is reported to have inspired one of the five Bangladeshi terrorists involved in the Dhaka carnage, may face action even as Shiv Sena today demanded a ban on his organisation.
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5 Dead Suspects Identified As Terrorists, Says Bangladesh Minister
Bangladesh today pressed anti-terrorism charges against several suspects and identified the fifth attacker in the country's worst terror attack as authorities intensified efforts to unravel the plot behind the brazen assault in which 22 people were slaughtered by Islamists.
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Dhaka Attackers Inspired By Controversial Indian Cleric Zakir Naik, Says Report
After it was reported that two of the seven terrorists who hacked to death 20 people at a Dhaka cafe on Friday were inspired by controversial Indian cleric Zakir Naik, the government today said "we don't ban individuals, we ban organisations."
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Japan's Uniqlo Suspends Most Bangladesh Travel, Others Reviewing Operations
Foreign companies with nationals working in Bangladesh's garment and building industries have suspended travel to the country and told workers there to stay at home after a deadly attack by Islamist terrorists on a restaurant in Dhaka on Friday.
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More Attacks Not Ruled Out In Bangladesh, Says Italy
More terror attacks in Bangladesh cannot be ruled out and visitors need to show "maximum caution", the Italian government said today.
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Tarishi Jain, Killed In Dhaka Attack, Made A Last-Ditch Phone Call For Help, Says Her Uncle
Shortly before she was killed at a Dhaka restaurant, 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, hid in a toilet from where she made a frantic phone call to her uncle for help.
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Dhaka Victims Shot, Then Mutilated With Machetes, Says Officer: 10 Facts
The terrorists who attacked an upmarket Dhaka cafe on Friday "treated hostages like cockroaches", shot them and mutilated them with machetes, a top Bangladesh security officer has told NDTV.
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Bangladesh Gunmen Made No Demands, ISIS Not Involved, Says Minister
Seven terrorists who killed 20 people at a Dhaka restaurant made no demands and a person taken alive by police was only a suspect admitted in hospital, Bangladesh's home minister said on Sunday, rejecting ISIS' claims of responsibility.
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Bangladesh New Year Terror Attack Foiled; 5 Terrorists Arrested
A major terror attack in Bangladesh on the New Year's eve has been foiled with the arrest of five operatives of the banned terror group JMB along with guns and 30 kgs of explosives, police said today.
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5 Suspected Of Plotting New Year Attack In Bangladesh, Arrested
Police in Bangladesh have arrested five suspected terrorists believed to be plotting to attack New Year celebrations, a counter-terrorism police chief said on Wednesday.
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Head Of Terror Group Behind Dhaka Attack Dead: Police
The chief of a radical Islamist group accused of carrying out Bangladesh's deadliest terror attack on a popular cafe in Dhaka in July died during a police raid, the country's elite security force announced today, in a major blow to the ISIS-linked outfit.
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Picture Of Dhaka Terror Attack 'Coordinator' Released: Report
Bangladeshi investigators have released a photo of a suspect who they believe was the "coordinator" of the deadly Dhaka cafe terror attack which left at least 22 people, mostly foreigners, dead, the media reported on Friday.
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British-Bangladeshi Survivor Of Cafe Attack Held At Unknown Location, Says His Lawyer
A man who was celebrating his daughter's 13th birthday with his family in a Dhaka cafe when they were caught up in a bloody hostage-taking nearly four weeks ago is still being held as a suspect, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Bangla Police Gives Blood Samples Of Cafe Attackers To FBI
Bangladesh police today handed over to the FBI for testing blood and hair samples of militants who carried out the country's worst terror attack in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed.
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Bangladesh Investigating Zakir Naik's Islamist Links: Minister
Bangladesh government today said it was investigating the Islamist links of India-based controversial preacher Zakir Naik and examining the possibilities of banning his "provocative" speeches in the wake of two brutal terrorist attacks in the country within a week in which 25 people died.
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Zakir Naik May Face Action For 'Hate Speech', Shiv Sena Demands Ban
Controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, whose 'hate speech' is reported to have inspired one of the five Bangladeshi terrorists involved in the Dhaka carnage, may face action even as Shiv Sena today demanded a ban on his organisation.
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5 Dead Suspects Identified As Terrorists, Says Bangladesh Minister
Bangladesh today pressed anti-terrorism charges against several suspects and identified the fifth attacker in the country's worst terror attack as authorities intensified efforts to unravel the plot behind the brazen assault in which 22 people were slaughtered by Islamists.
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Dhaka Attackers Inspired By Controversial Indian Cleric Zakir Naik, Says Report
After it was reported that two of the seven terrorists who hacked to death 20 people at a Dhaka cafe on Friday were inspired by controversial Indian cleric Zakir Naik, the government today said "we don't ban individuals, we ban organisations."
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Japan's Uniqlo Suspends Most Bangladesh Travel, Others Reviewing Operations
Foreign companies with nationals working in Bangladesh's garment and building industries have suspended travel to the country and told workers there to stay at home after a deadly attack by Islamist terrorists on a restaurant in Dhaka on Friday.
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More Attacks Not Ruled Out In Bangladesh, Says Italy
More terror attacks in Bangladesh cannot be ruled out and visitors need to show "maximum caution", the Italian government said today.
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Tarishi Jain, Killed In Dhaka Attack, Made A Last-Ditch Phone Call For Help, Says Her Uncle
Shortly before she was killed at a Dhaka restaurant, 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, hid in a toilet from where she made a frantic phone call to her uncle for help.
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Dhaka Victims Shot, Then Mutilated With Machetes, Says Officer: 10 Facts
The terrorists who attacked an upmarket Dhaka cafe on Friday "treated hostages like cockroaches", shot them and mutilated them with machetes, a top Bangladesh security officer has told NDTV.
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Bangladesh Gunmen Made No Demands, ISIS Not Involved, Says Minister
Seven terrorists who killed 20 people at a Dhaka restaurant made no demands and a person taken alive by police was only a suspect admitted in hospital, Bangladesh's home minister said on Sunday, rejecting ISIS' claims of responsibility.
