Bangladesh police question family members of attackers

She was visiting family and friends in Bangladesh at the time of the attack.

The attack was one of the deadliest ever in Bangladesh, where the Islamic State and al Qaeda have made competing claims for a series of killings of liberals and members of religious minorities in the past year. In those cases, Bangladesh government officials denied that the killings are the work of Islamic terrorists, but said they were anxious that they will hurt the garment business and the image of the country.

The video starts with pictures of all recent attacks in Paris, Brussels and Orlando, claimed by the IS.

“What you witnessed in Bangladesh.was a glimpse”.

Meanwhile, Islamic State warned that attacks would continue until Islamic law was established worldwide, saying in a video that the Dhaka assault was just a hint of what is to come.

“We will not stop killing the crusaders till then; we will win or die for our religion as martyrs and achieve sahadaat (martyrdom).we don’t have anything to lose”.

Babul urged the government to take these cases seriously and give them importance.

Police chief A.K.M. Shahidul Hoque said five of the dead gunmen were listed as militants and the police had been looking for them.

The charges were filed at Gulshan police station at midnight, Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque said.

But, the Islamic State named the five gunmen in photos they released hours after the attack as Abu Umayer, Abu Salma, Abu Rahiq, Abu Muslim and Abu Muharib.

The fighter in the video, who spoke in both Bengali and English, said Bangladesh must know that it was now part of a bigger battlefield to establish the cross-border “caliphate” the group proclaimed in 2014.

“The jihad that is waged today is a jihad under the shade of the Caliphate”.

The message containing threats has gone viral on social media among Bangladeshis still recovering from the shock from the slaughter of 20 hostages at Holey Artisan Bakery and O’ Kitchen during the night-long siege on Friday. HT Imam, a political adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said security officials had seen online warnings about an impending attack on Friday and ordered major hotels and restaurants near the cafe shut but they missed the actual target.

“Bengal is located on the eastern side of India, whereas Wilayat Khurasan is located on its western side”.