10 January 2017

News Story: Bangladeshi elite force arrests banned group's 10 militants in capital Dhaka

DHAKA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday arrested 10 members of a banned militant outfit in capital Dhaka .

A RAB spokesperson who did not like to be named said the militants are the members of Neo-JMB (an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh) blamed for the deadly attack on the Spanish cafe in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave Gulshan on July 1, 2016.

He said the arrests were made during raids in places of capital Dhaka Monday.

Read the full story at Xinhua