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Bangladeshi elite force arrest banned group's six militants

Xinhua, August 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bangladesh's anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested six members of a banned militant outfit in capital Dhaka along with firearms and explosives.

RAB spokesperson Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the arrest of the militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on Wednesday morning.

He said those arrested included administrator of At-Tamkin website which is said to be run by the JMB.

Khana said the five others are members of JMB's sleeper cell.

JMB carried out a series of bombings in 63 out of the country's 64 districts, including capital Dhaka on Aug. 17, 2005, leaving two people dead and 150 others injured.

Hundreds of JMB leaders and activists were rounded up while six top leaders of the group, including Shaikh Abdur Rahman, were hanged in 2007.

Against the backdrop of a new wave of militancy rising, Bangladesh stepped up drive aimed at dismantling all terrorist outfits and their networks in the country. Enditem