31 March 2017

News Story: 7 killed in Bangladesh police raid on militants' hideout

DHAKA, March 30 (Xinhua) -- At least seven suspected militants were killed on Thursday after Bangladeshi police stormed a house where members of the Neo-JMB were holed up, police said.

Bangladesh's Couner-Terrorism Police Unit Chief Monirul Islam declared the "Operation Hit Back" was over.

"Seven to eight bodies were found scattered at the militant den in Moulvibazar's Nasirnagar," he told reporters.

The senior police officer said the militants were most likely killed in "suicide explosions."

Read the full story at Xinhua