Two killed in police raid in Bangladesh

Dhaka May 7 (IANS) At least two militants were killed when Bangladeshi police on Sunday raided a house in Jhenidah district where members of banned militant group were holed up.

District police chief Mizanur Rahman told Xinhua news agency that the militants were killed in suicide explosions. A huge blast and sporadic gunshots were heard from the house he said.

Two police officials were injured when the militants fired at them.

The militants were from Neo-JMB an offshoot of the banned militant Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh. It was blamed for the deadly July 1 attack on a Spanish cafe here that left 22 persons mostly foreigners dead.

Last month police found 17 large containers of hydrogen peroxide a chemical used to make bombs from a militant den in Jhenidah district.

--IANS
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