An Islamist militant of banned Neo-JMB in custody for stabbing two police officers was killed on Thursday in a shootout when gunmen attacked the van he was travelling in Bangladesh, police said.
Aminur Islam alias Alam, 23, who was arrested on Tuesday during a raid at a village in Bogra's Sherpur sub district was the northern regional commander of the armed wing of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh.
He was killed in a pre-dawn shootout as operatives of the outfit attacked the van he was travelling in with law enforcement agency personnel at Jamnagar village under Sherpur upazila, police said.