Dhaka attack: Terrorists who killed 20 at cafeteria didn’t have international link, Bangladesh blames Pakistan’s ISI for attack

Amid claim made by Islamic State that Dhaka attacker's were member of international terror group, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal refuted the claims and said that the attackers were from homegrown terror outfit.

Written by: Zeeshan Shaikh

Published: July 3, 2016, 7:24 PM IST

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Dhaka, July 3: Six terrorists who brutally murdered 20 foreigners at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, did not have any international link, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said a day after siege ended. The officials also blamed Pakistan’s ISI for the attack.

Amid claim made by Islamic State that Dhaka attacker’s were member of international terror group, Home Minister refuted the claims and said that the attackers were from homegrown terror outfit.

A day after siege ended, Kamal was talking with reporters after he officially visited the cafe attack victims at the United Hospital in Dhaka on Sunday afternoon. He said that the parents of the terrorists’ live in Bangladesh and “they grew up here”.

Kamal was quoted by the Dhaka Tribune saying that, “However, their family may remain unaware of their involvement into militancy and terrorism”. The Bangladeshi government had ordered a thorough investigation into the matter. (Also Read: Dhaka attack: ‘We will be killed one by one’, Tarishi Jain told her father in her last call)

Bangladesh’s Information and Broadcasting Minister said, “This attack on the restaurant in Dhaka, was conducted by homegrown terrorists of Bangladesh and they are out to unsettle an elected constitutional government. The attack was not one the religion or on the people but on the government”.

In last three years Bangladesh has seen severe attacks on bloggers, writers, Imams of mosques, monks, Hindu priests. After more than 20 attacks, more than 60 persons into our custody who were detected with these crimes.

Hossain Toufique Imam, political advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the way hostages were killed by machetes suggests the role of local terrorist group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen banned in the country.

“Pakistan’s ISI and Jamaat connection is well known.They want to derail the current government,” Imam told a TV channel,” Imam reportedly told.

According to reports, illegal arms trading between Pakistan and Bangladesh has been frequently taking place between the smugglers. “Recently few diplomats who were working undercover in Pakistan were thrown out of Bangladesh as they were found to be involved in arms network”, said Haq to news agency ANI.

The attack that started on Friday night ended almost 12 hours after military operation was carried out at the cafeteria. 20 hostages who died included one Indian, Tarishi Jain who was shot by the attackers.