Bangladesh Army commandos on Sunday shot dead two Islamist terrorists in an ongoing raid at a building where terrorists were holed up, a day after six people were killed and 50 injured in blasts claimed by the Islamic State outside the hideout in Bangladesh’s northeastern Sylhet city.
The commandos located the two terrorists wearing suicide vests on the ground floor of the five-storey building and shot them dead, Army spokesman Brigadier General Fakhrul Ahsan said.
“Our commandos fired gunshots seeing the two terrorists on the ground floor of the five-storey building. We can confirm the two were killed,” Ahsan said.
The suicide vest of one of them also exploded, he said. Ahsan said the military operation is still underway as more terrorists equipped with arms, explosives and grenades could be holed up in the building.
“The entire area has become risky. Considering the overall situation, it will take more time for the operation to complete,” he said in the briefing. The spokesman said commandos entered from the top of the building to avoid booby traps laid out on the ground floor and then used tear gas.