3 more killed in police raid on second militants' hideout in NE Bangladesh

Three more bodies suspected to be militants were found Saturday after Bangladeshi police in the country's northeastern region stormed the second hideout of the Neo-JMB members holed up there, police said.

Bangladesh's Counter-Terrorism Police Unit Chief Monirul Islam declared the "Operation Maximus" to flash out the second militant hideout in the country's Moulvibazar district, about 200 km north-east of capital Dhaka, was over.

"The bodies of two men and a woman were found after the law enforcers managed to enter the Neo-JMB hideout" he told journalists.

The senior police officer said the militants were most likely killed in "suicide explosions" like seven other militants of another hideout of the district where law enforcers conducted "Operation Hit Back" on March 30.

Security forces surrounded two buildings in two separate places in Moulvibazar district since early Wednesday.

After the first operation, Islam said "Seven bodies were found scattered at the militant den in Moulvibazar's Nasirnagar".

He said "We're primarily sure the slain militants of both the hideouts are members of Neo JMB".

The Neo-JMB, an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh, was blamed for the deadly July 1, 2016 attack on a Spanish cafe in Dhaka, which killed 22 people, mostly foreigners.

 Source: Xinhua