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Bangladesh arrests “mastermind” behind Dhaka cafe siege

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Bangladesh police on Saturday (14) said they have arrested a top Islamist militant accused of being one of the “masterminds” of the country’s worst terror attack at a popular Dhaka cafe and plotting murders of religious minorities including two Hindu priests.

ISIS-linked outlawed Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen recruiter Jahangir Alam alias Rajib alias Gandhi was arrested last night from Elenga, some 120 kms north of Dhaka, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational police unit chief Monirul...

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