{"id":35033,"date":"2017-07-20T04:25:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T04:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=35033"},"modified":"2017-07-21T01:01:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T01:01:27","slug":"terrorist-activity-in-bangladesh-increased-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=35033","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist activity in Bangladesh increased in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"US-state-dept-690x450\"The Department of State praise the government for taking initiatives to control militancy in Bangladesh<\/h2>\n
Bangladesh experienced a significant increase in terrorist activity in 2016, the United States said in a new US report.<\/div>\n
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The Department of State released the report titled Country Reports on Terrorism 2016 in Washington on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The report said transnational groups such as ISIS and AQIS claimed several attacks targeting foreigners, religious minorities, police, secular bloggers, and publishers.<\/p>\n

It said the Islamic State also claimed responsibility for the attack at Dhaka\u2019s Holey Artisan Bakery that killed 22 people on July 1, 2016.<\/p>\n

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A snapshot of Holey Artisan Bakery<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Noting that the Bangladesh government attributed extremist violence to the political opposition and local militants, the State Department said: \u201cBoth al-Qa\u2019ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and ISIS claimed responsibility for a significant number of the attacks that took place in Bangladesh.\u201d<\/p>\n

It said terrorist organisations used social media to spread their radical ideologies and solicit followers from Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

It added saying Bangladesh was featured in multiple publications, videos, and websites associated with ISIS and AQIS.<\/p>\n

The State Department said: \u201cThe Government of Bangladesh has articulated a zero-tolerance policy towards terrorism, made numerous arrests of terrorist suspects, and continued its counterterrorism cooperation with the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bangladesh cooperated with US to further strengthen control of its borders and land, sea, and air ports of entry, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of State is working with Bangladesh to assist in developing a screening infrastructure to better secure its borders,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of State praise the government for taking initiatives to control militancy in Bangladesh Bangladesh experienced a significant increase in terrorist activity in 2016, the United States said in a new US report. The Department of State released the report titled Country Reports on Terrorism 2016 in Washington on Wednesday. The report said transnational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n