The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the explosion at Pallabi police station in Dhaka on Wednesday, The United States-based SITE Intelligence Group has said.
SITE Intelligence Group Director Rita Katz tweeted: “#ISIS claims attack in #Bangladesh, targeting a police headquarters in the capital #Dhaka. Marks the group’s 1st attack in the city since Aug, 2019 & comes amid an attack surge as part of the 4th wave of its “Battle of Attrition” campaign, in lead up to #EidalAdha.”
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Deputy Commissioner Saiful Islam denied the claim, and said that based on preliminary information, it did not appear to be a militant attack. “It’s the work of local criminals," he said.
“However, we will investigate the SITE Intelligence claim,” he added.
1)BREAKING: #ISIS claims attack in #Bangladesh, targeting a police headquarters in capital #Dhaka. Marks the group's 1st attack in the city since Aug. 2019 & comes amid an attack surge as part of the 4th wave of its "Battle of Attrition" campaign, in lead up to #EidAlAdha. pic.twitter.com/om03BcOS4w
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) July 29, 2020
Around 6am on Wednesday, a bomb exploded at Pallabi police station compound in Dhaka that left five, including four policemen, injured.
Pallabi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Nazrul Islam said a police team recovered the bomb, which was hidden inside a digital weighing machine commonly used in general stores, during an operation in Pallabi’s Kalshi area early Wednesday.
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Three local criminals were arrested during the operation, the OC said.
The bomb accidentally went off when policemen tried to defuse it at the police station.
