Bangladesh: Five militants, one firefighter killed in suicide blast during raid on militant hideout

Four militants and a firefighter were killed in suicide blasts on Thursday during a security raid on a suspected militant hideout in Bangladesh's Rajshahi district, a police official said.

Indo Asian News Service|May 11, 2017, 12:06:20 IST

Dhaka: Four militants and a firefighter were killed in suicide blasts on Thursday during a security raid on a suspected militant hideout in Bangladesh's Rajshahi district, a police official said.The official said based on a tip-off, security forces surrounded a house early Thursday morning, Xinhua news agency reported."Four militants blew themselves when the police tried to enter the house where members of the banned Neo-Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant group were holed up," another police official said.[caption id="attachment_3437436" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Representational image. AFP[/caption]He said the firefighter succumbed to injuries in a hospitalTwo policemen also sustained injuries as the suspected militants opened fire, said the official.The Neo-JMB, an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, was blamed for the deadly July 1, 2016, attack on a cafe in Dhaka, which killed 22 people, mostly foreigners.At least two suspected militants were killed on Sunday after police raided a house in Jhenidah district,

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