Bangladesh authorities have put the police
force on nationwide alert after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility
for a second explosion targetting security forces in less than a month. The
Sunday night blast in Dhaka's Malibagh neighbourhood, just outside the
headquarters of the police's Special Branch, left two people injured, including
a female officer.
Dhaka Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia
told reporters Monday it was a powerful bomb, and that it had been planted in a
police pick-up van. Daesh claimed responsibility, with its propaganda wing Amaq
saying the IS militants targeted the police vehicle with an "explosive
device", destroying the vehicle and wounding three personnel on board.
Bangladesh police rejected the claim,
saying the explosion was still being investigated. "No connection of IS
has been found in the incident," national police spokesman Sohel Rana
said. He said following the blast "all units of Bangladesh police have
been asked to take necessary cautionary measures". Last month, The IS
group said they "detonated an explosive device" aimed at a group of
police, the SITE Intelligence Group reported. It was the first IS-claimed
attack in Bangladesh in more than two years.
According to the US-based SITE, which
monitors jihadist activity, the brief IS statement said that blast wounded
three police on a road to Dhaka's Gulistan market. The IS group also said it
detonated explosives in the northeastern city of Sylhet in March 2017. Police
said six people died in those blasts as commandos stormed an Islamist hideout.
The government at the time rejected IS's claim and blamed a banned homegrown
organisation.
Bangladesh launched a crackdown on Islamist
extremism after attacks in July 2016, when IS-inspired militants stormed a
Dhaka cafe killing 22 people, including 18 foreigners. Since then, security
forces have staged nationwide raids in which, they say, nearly 100 members of
two extremist Islamist groups have been killed. Hundreds of suspects have been
detained. The South Asian nation has also boosted security since the April 21
Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, which were carried out by attackers
affiliated to I group.
Sumber: Ahram Online – 28 Mei 2019
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