The suspects were apprehended by the anti-terrorist unit from Mohammadpur on Sunday, said DMP Additional Deputy Commissioner Obaidur Rahman. "They were involved in the blasts targeting police in Gulistan and Science Lab," he said. According to DMP spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman, the arrestees are operatives of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Majahideen Bangladesh or JMB. And on Aug 31, another bomb exploded near LGRD Minister Tazul Islam's car at the Science Laboratory intersection, injuring two policemen, including a security detail for the minister. It was widely reported that Middle-East-based militant outfit Islamic State or IS claimed responsibility for the attack in the aftermath.

Source: bd News24 October 14, 2019 05:15 UTC