Islamic State reportedly claims credit for Sylhet blasts 

Radical group Islamic State has reportedly claimed that it is responsible for the deadly blasts in Sylhet where the law enforcers are conduction an operation.

News Deskbdnews24.com
Published : 26 March 2017, 00:02 AM
Updated : 26 March 2017, 07:21 AM

The Middle East-based group's mouthpiece Amaq News Agency said the target of the attack was security forces, according to terrorism monitoring group, SITE Intelligence.

"The Islamic State's (IS) 'Amaq News Agency reported that the group is responsible for a bombing on Bangladeshi forces in Sylhet," SITE reported.

At least six people, including two police officials, were killed in the blasts at South Surma on the outskirts of the city when the commando operation at the terror den in the same area was under way at around 7pm on Saturday.  

The police officials were there to assist the assault on the Islamist militants holed up in the hideout.

This is the third incident in Bangladesh in eight days for which the IS claimed credit.

The two others are a blast near the entrance of Dhaka international airport on Friday and a suicide attack on a RAB camp in the same vicinity on Mar 17.