Bangladesh police arrest five extremists planning suicide attacks in Dhaka

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DHAKA, Dhu-AlQa'dah 9, 1437, Aug 12, 2016, SPA -- Bangladesh police said on Friday they had arrested five members of a domestic Islamist militant group planning suicide attacks in the capital, Dhaka, as authorities hunted for the mastermind of a deadly assault last month, Reuters reported. Police swooped on the cell on Thursday on the outskirts of Dhaka and said the suspects, including four would-be bombers and a bomb-maker. "All of them were from the northern part of the country and were sent to Dhaka," said Monirul Islam, chief of the Dhaka police counter-terrorism unit. He said the men were planning to launch attacks against high-profile targets in the city but he did not provide details. Officers recovered jihadi material, 25 detonators and a huge amount of raw materials for explosives at the site in Kalyanpur, Islam said. --SPA 13:50 LOCAL TIME 10:50 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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