A suspected Islamic State terrorist lodged in a Kolkata jail on Sunday tried to slit the throat of the warder after hitting him with a brick, grievously injuring 45-year-old Gobinda Chandra Dey, police said. Mohammad Masiruddin alias Musa shouted “Hail Islamic State” as he attacked Dey, a jail official said on Monday of the assault that raises questions over jail security. Then he suddenly brought out a sharp steel weapon and tried to slit his throat,” the official said. It appeared that Musa, brought to the Alipore jail on October 31, 2016, laid his hands on a piece of metal and had sharpened it over a long time, another jail official said. The FBI team questioned him over his alleged links to an Islamic State leader based in Syria, sources said.

Source: Hindustan Times December 04, 2017 13:07 UTC