Suspected terrorists killed in Dhaka militant hideout

    Suspected terrorists were killed after a bomb blast at a militant hideout in Dhaka.

    A long standoff between police and an alleged militant group in a six-story building on Mazar Road in the Mirpur area of the capital was ended in a series of blasts on Tuesday night, 5 September.

    People killed in the blasts are believed to have been a part of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorist organisation.

    An investigation of the scene recovered seven human skulls, two of which appeared to have belonged to children.

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