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Bangladesh police seize munitions cache after blast kills 2 Bangladesh police find grenades, pistols after blast kills 2
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police seized at least 10 grenades as well as firearms and bullets Monday from a home in a northern Bangladeshi village where an explosion left two suspected militants with fatal injuries. DHAKA, Bangladesh — Police seized grenades, pistols and bullets from a house in a northern Bangladeshi village on Monday, a day after an explosion killed two suspected militants.
Authorities suspect the home in the Sherpur area of Bogra district was occupied by members of a banned Islamist militant group called the Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh, or JMB, and that the bomb blast Sunday had been an accident, local police chief Mohammed Asaduzzaman said. Authorities believe the house in the Sherpur area of Bogra district was occupied by members of a banned Islamist militant group, Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh, and that the bomb blast Sunday was an accident, local police chief Mohammed Asaduzzaman said.
“We suspect that the home was being used as a den of making bombs by the JMB. We need more investigation,” he said. “We suspect that the home was being used as a den for making bombs,” he said.
Witnesses told police the explosion occurred inside the one-story building, but could not identify the two injured men, suggesting they were not locals. The two men were taken to a hospital, where they later died Sunday night. Witnesses told police the explosion occurred inside the one-story building, but could not identify the two dead men, suggesting they were not local people.
He said the building’s landlord, who lives elsewhere, said a man who identified himself as an auto-rickshaw driver rented the home about five months ago. Police said they could not trace the man after Sunday’s blast. Asaduzzaman said the building’s owner, who lives elsewhere, said a man who identified himself as an auto-rickshaw driver rented the home about five months ago. Police said they could not locate the man after Sunday’s blast.
On Monday, a 12-member bomb disposal unit began searching the house and recovered at least 10 grenades, two pistols and 20 bullets, Asaduzzaman said. A 12-member bomb disposal unit searched the house on Monday and recovered 20 grenades, four pistols and 25 bullets, Asaduzzaman said. The grenades were then defused, he said.
A wave of deadly attacks last year on foreigners, secular writers and members of the minority Shiite and Ahmadiya communities has raised concerned about security in Bangladesh. While the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for some of the attacks, Bangladesh authorities dismissed those claims and instead have blamed local militant groups including JMB for the violence. A wave of deadly attacks last year on foreigners, secular writers and members of the minority Shiite and Ahmadiya communities has raised concerns about security in Bangladesh. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for some of the attacks, but Bangladesh authorities dismissed those claims and instead blamed local militant groups, including Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh.
The government has insisted it has the security situation under control and has arrested several suspects. The government insists it has the security situation under control and has arrested several suspects.
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