5 killed in Bangladesh suicide blasts

Dhaka May 11 (IANS) Four militants and a firefighter were killed in suicide blasts on Thursday during a security raid on a suspected militant hideout in Bangladesh s Rajshahi district a police official said.

The official said based on a tip-off security forces surrounded a house early Thursday morning Xinhua news agency reported.

Four militants blew themselves when the police tried to enter the house where members of the banned Neo-Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant group were holed up another police official said.

He said the firefighter succumbed to injuries in a hospital

Two policemen also sustained injuries as the suspected militants opened fire said the official.

The Neo-JMB an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh was blamed for the deadly July 1 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka which killed 22 people mostly foreigners.

At least two suspected militants were killed on Sunday after police raided a house in Jhenidah district

--IANS
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