 | Bangladesh arrests 25 Islamic militants in forest hideout
03 August, 2006
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) - At least 25 suspected Islamic militants were arrested after Bangladesh's crack security force raided their hideout in a forest north of the capital, officials said.
The militants were training in the hideout close to a madrassa near Bhaluka town, 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Dhaka, when they were arrested late Wednesday, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) commander Colonel Nurul Momen said.
"We found bomb-making materials, fuses, wires in the hideout," Momen said on Thursday.
The raid was the biggest by Bangladesh secrurity agencies in recent months. It came in the wake of intelligence reports that Islamic militants were regrouping in the countryside.
Release link:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060803/wl_sthasia_afp/bangladeshblastsunrest_060803084844
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