BBA student identified as one of the Eid attackers in B'desh

July 08, 2016 19:22

A missing university student has been identified as the suspected terrorist who was killed during an encounter with police after an attack on one of Bangladesh's biggest Eid gatherings in Sholakia, killing four persons.

Islamist militants carrying bombs and machetes yesterday launched the deadly attack near the Eid prayer gathering in Sholakia in northern Kishoreganj district where at least 200,000 people had gathered to perform prayers.

Several acquaintances said that the young attacker was Abir Rahman, a North South University student who had been missing for the past eight months, Dhaka Tribune reported.

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