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900 detained in Bangladeshi anti-militant drive

Xinhua, June 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bangladeshi police reportedly detained some 900 people Friday during the first day of an anti-militant drive across the country.

Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque said the weeklong drive was aimed at dismantling all terrorist outfits and their networks in the country.

Just on Friday, a Hindu monastery worker was found killed in Pabna district, some 216 km west of the capital Dhaka.

Alamgir Kabir, the district's police chief, told journalists that the motive behind the killing has yet to be known.

Bangladesh has been facing a surge in violent attacks in recent years.

A number of secularist writers, bloggers and publishers have been killed or seriously injured in attacks carried out by extremists since 2013. Endit