Dhaka arrests: IS men claim training in Pakistan

DHAKA: Bangladeshi police arrested four suspected members of Islamic State in Dhaka on Monday, including a regional coordinator for the ultraorthodox group who told police they had been trained in Pakistan. “We arrested them in the city early on Monday, carrying a huge number of leaflets related to militancy for training, a laptop and other materials,” Shaikh Nazmul Alam, deputy police commissioner with Dhaka’s detective and criminal intelligence division, told reporters.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2015.