Internal conflict in Bangladesh

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Internal conflict in Bangladesh is an ongoing small-scale guerrilla campaign, conducted by a number of Islamist and communist extremist factions.[1][2]

Insurgent groups

The first Bangladeshi Islamist militant factions emerged in 1989, when a network of 30 different factions was established and expanded in the following years. The main goal of most Islamist groups in Bangladesh is to create a separate Islamic state, or to govern Bangladesh according to Sharia law. Islamist groups have conducted terrorist attacks against both the government and leftist insurgents.[3]

The left-wing groups Shadhin Janmobhumi and Janojuddah are known to operate in the south of the country.[3]

Timeline

On 14 April 2001, 10 people were killed in a series of bombings perpetrated by Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami.[4]

On 21 August 2004, HUJI militants perpetrated a grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka, resulting in 24 deaths and over 300 injuries.[5]

On 17 August 2005, a total of 500 bombs exploded in 300 location covering most of the territory of Bangladesh, 2 people were killed and 50 wounded in the incident. Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh later claimed responsibility for the bombings.[6]

On 17 September 2014, a rapid action battalion dismantled an insurgent weapon and explosive storage facility, located in the Satchhari forest, Chunarughat upazila, Habiganj, 112 rocket launchers and 14 sacks of explosive material were confiscated during the operation.[7]

On 18 September 2014, police arrested 7 JMB insurgents, including an top commander Abdullah Al Tasnim, in the Landing Station Port area. The militants intended to utilize 10 kilogrammes of liquid explosives, in a number of terrorist acts through the country, in order to establish cooperation with the ISIL.[8]

On 1 November 2014, a rapid action battalion operation led to the capture of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh's main coordinator Abdun Nur as well as four other militants, IED components were also seized.[9]

On 18 February 2015, two Jamaat-e-Islam rebels were killed in a shootout with policemen, in the Manirampur upazila of Jessore.[10]

On 23 February 2015, security forces raided an Islamist training camp, located inside a livestock farm in Banshkhali, Chittagong. A variety of firearms, ammunition, propaganda materials and training manuals were seized, 5 people were also detained in connection with the incident.[11]

On 8 March 2015, authorities uncovered a cache containing 130 bombs, as well as firearms and ammunition, in the Nunachhara hill of Sitakunda upazila, Chittagong. Three Shibir militants were also detained in connection with the incident. On the same day, a bomb was defused in the Natore Sadal town.[12]

On 15 March of 2016, ISIL has claimed responsibility for murdering a Muslim Shiite preacher in Bangladesh.[13]

On 22 March 2016, unidentified attackers hacked a Christian convert to death in northern Bangladesh, amid growing attacks on religious minorities.[14] A day after ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[15]

On 7 April 2016, a secular blogger was hacked to death by Islamists claiming to be part of Al-Qaeda. [16][17]

On 23 April 2016, a university professor was hacked to death on his way to work in northern Bangladesh. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[18][19]

On 25 April 2016, Al-Qaeda terrorists hacked to death a gay activist and his friend in their home.[20][21]

On 1 May 2016, a Hindu tailor was hacked to death at his store. ISIL claimed responsibility.[22] In the next day Bangladesh authorities arrested three ISIL suspects for the murder.[23]

On 8 May 2016, a local Sufi cleric in Rajshahi was hacked to death by suspected Islamists.[24]

See also

References

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