Dhaka cafe attack mastermind’s deputy killed in police raid

TIL Desk/World/Dhaka-Bangladesh police on Friday raided a militant hideout here and killed a top Islamist extremist who helped plan the the Dhaka cafe siege and was the deputy of attack mastermind Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury.

The terrorist was killed during a raid on a house in Dhakas Rupnagar area and was identified by police as top Neo-Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh leader Chowdhury’s second-in-command.

Detective Branch Additional Deputy Commissioner Sanwar Hossain identified the deceased as Murad or Major Murad as referred to by the members of his outfit. Joint Commissioner Abdul Baten said police raided the house around 9:30 pm local time. Three policemen, including the officer in charge of the nearby police station, were also wounded in the gunfight with the terrorist.