A child’s dead body has been found inside a militant den raided by police at Chittagong's Sitakunda on Thursday.
Published : 16 Mar 2017, 08:45 PM
The body, torn apart in an explosion, was found next to the body of a woman on the staircase inside two-storey house 'Chhayaneer' at Premtala.
The child, approximately six years of age, died in a suicide explosion conducted by militants who were holed up inside the building, said Chittagong Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Habibur Rahman.
The child’s body is the fifth to be found inside the two-storey building.
The five bodies have been sent to a morgue for autopsies. Their DNA samples would also be collected, said ASP Habibur.
Police's counter-terror official Sanwar Hossain said the bomb disposal unit diffused seven bombs and three suicide vests found in the house.
The bomb disposal unit finished their work at around 6:30pm.
Sitakunda police raided the Chhayaneer house on Wednesday afternoon based on information divulged by a ‘militant couple’ arrested from a flat at Sitakunda’s Namar Bazar.
Law enforcers, after surrounding the building for 19 hours, stormed inside around 6:30am. Witnesses said the gunfire and powerful explosions could be heard in the area for about seven to 10 minutes.
Twenty people who were trapped inside were then evacuated from the house.