MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The exchange of fire took place near Mohammadpur Beribandh area in Dhaka at 3 a. m. (21:00 GMT) on Friday, chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s counterterrorism unit Monirul Islam told Bdnews 24.
According to the news outlet, the suspect was identified as Nurul Islam Marjan, a commander of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) jihadist group. His accomplice was not identified yet.
On July 1, 2016, Islamist militants took hostages inside a cafe located in Dhaka's diplomatic quarter. A total of 22 people had been killed by the hostage takers before the Bangladeshi security forces began their operation to free the people.
Daesh (outlawed in Russia) had initially claimed responsibility for the attack, however the Bangladeshi authorities later accused the JMB of the slaughter.
