IED

IED event in Dhaka, Rupganj, Narayanganj District area, Bangladesh on Mon 1st July 2024

1st July 2024

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On July 1, the Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) recovered three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from a flat in a four-story residential building rented by operatives of Ansar al-Islam in Rupganj Upazila (Sub-District) in Narayanganj District of Dhaka Division and later defused them through controlled explosions, reports The Daily Star. Mohammad Sanowar Hossain, Superintendent of Police (Operations) of ATU, said, "The flat was rented by militants as a hideout. Two men and one woman, along with two children, were living in this flat for a few months. Those three adults have connections with Ansar al-Islam."

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Dhaka ( Rupganj, Narayanganj District area )

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