SINGAPORE, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Eight radicalized male Bangladeshi nationals were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), said Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday.
The eight were members of a clandestine group called "Islamic State in Bangladesh"(ISB) set up by Rahman Mizanur in March this year, and they were planning attacks in Bangladesh, said MHA in the press release.
Rahman Mizanur was an S-Pass holder while the other seven were Work Permit holders. They were all employed in the local construction and marine industries.
MHA said the ISB members had intended to join the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) as foreign fighters. However, as they felt that it would be difficult for them to make their way to Syria, they focused their plans instead on returning to Bangladesh to overthrow the government through the use of force, establish an Islamic state in Bangladesh and bring it under ISIS' self-declared caliphate.
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