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Charges were finally laid against eight activists following the most horrific terrorist attack in Bangladesh in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners.
Monirul Islam, Head of the Anti-Terrorist and Transnational Unit of Bangladesh (CTTC) The accused has filed the indictment against the accused in a case involving a court in Dhaka, reported Xinhua news agency.
Among the defendants, he said that six Neo-JMB (a subsidiary of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh or JMB) Five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in the diplomatic district of Dhaka, Gulshan, the July 1, 2016.
They then brutally killed the hostages with rifles and machetes, and used the victims' phones to post images of the bodies on social media.
Nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshi, one Indian and one American of Bangladeshi origin were among the 20 people killed by the attacke.
Armed men also murdered two Bangladeshi policemen at the beginning of the attack
. About 12 hours later, Bangladeshi army commandos stormed the restaurant. Five assailants were killed.
The Islamic State (IS) then claimed responsibility for the Dhaka coffee attack. But the Bangladeshi authorities rejected this claim, saying that agents of a banned local militant organization plotted the attack to boast of their existence.
Since the deadly coffee attack in Dhaka in 2016, Bangladeshi police have stepped up their anti-militant campaign. Large-scale operations against militants, killing and arresting dozens of activists.
Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-Canadian, and Sarwar Jahan, identified as the leader of Neo JMB who was killed during a raid later, were blamed as the brain of the brutal attack.
Chowdhury was also killed in a police raid.
– IANS
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