DHAKA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- A most wanted militant was killed as Bangladesh law enforcers on Friday night conducted a raid on a hideout of banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in capital Dhaka.
After police busted the militant hideout, Monirul Islam, counterterrorism unit chief of Bangladesh Police, told journalists that "key JMB trainer Jahangir Alam Murad was killed."
"Murad was on the lawenforcers' most wanted list and he is considered to be a key JMB man," he said.
"He trained the attackers of Dhaka's Spanish cafe and Muslims' Eid venue."
Islam said Murad managed to flee a raid last week in which Tamim Chowdhury, the suspected mastermind of July 1 deadly Dhaka cafe attack, was killed.
Murad was Chowdhury's "second-in-command", he added.
Islam said Murad was the key JMB military trainer.
According to the official, he was known as "Major Murad in JMB".
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