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A British man detained in Bangladesh for more than two years following the terrorist attack on a cafe that killed 22 people was laundered by the police.
Hasnat Karim was at the Holey Artisan Bakery with his family celebrating the 13th birthday of his birthday daughter where five militants armed with rifles and machetes burst in, taking 22 hostages, mostly foreigners, who were killed during more than 12 hours.
Karim, a university professor in his late forties, became a suspect after agreeing to act as a human shield during the ordeal, witnesses said. ;time.
He has always denied any involvement and advocacy group Amnesty International has campaigned for his release.
On Monday, Bangladeshi police said that an investigation had revealed that Karim was not involved and had been struck off the indictment.
"During our two-year investigation, we found no direct involvement of Karim in this attack, so indirectly he was acquitted of this case," said Monirul Islam, the chief of the investigation. Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of the Police
Eight people were accused of the attack, said Islam, although two people fled, all of them belonging to Jama & Atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, a local militant group, he said.
Rohan Imtiaz, 19, led the attack.Imtiaz had completed his graduate studies at the Scolastica, a school for children of wealthy families of Dhaka
"Their goal was to destabilize the country and turn the country into a militant state," said Islam
.a maximum death sentence under anti-terrorism laws [19659002] The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Attack against coffee, although Bangladesh has denied the group's involvement.
Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian and one Bangladeshi-American and four Bangladeshi, including the police, were killed.
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