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| JMB threatens to blow up key installations |
| 2005-10-18 |
| The Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) threatened yesterday to carry out further bomb attacks on important installations like court, police line, banks, press clubs, markets and multi storeyed buildings in different districts if the government did not refrain from nabbing its leaders and activists. District Commissioner (DC) office of Feni and Kushtia received the threat letters on Monday. A local daily of Kushtia also received a threat letter. Our Kushtia correspondent reports, the cadres of JMB threatened to blow up 19 key installations in Kushtia district. The chief commander of JMB Kushtia branch in a letter to a local daily threatened to carry out another attack. The letter bearing the heading "Bangladeshe Islami Ain Chai" has threatened to blow up courts, police lines, banks, press clubs, Pourasava markets and government and semi-government establishments. Our Feni Correspondent writes the Deputy Commissioner of Feni received a letter of JMB in which the JMB cadres threatened to blow up key installations of the district. Following the letter security measures have been tightened to avoid any untoward incident. Meanwhile, a JMB cadre was taken on a 10-day police remand in Chandpur while eight more JMB cadres were taken on five days police remand in Chittagong for their involvement in bombings in Chandpur and Chittagong on October 3. Our Chandpur Correspondent adds, the JMB commander of Chandpur district Shamim Hossain alias Ghalib was taken on 10-day fresh remand yesterday for his alleged involvement in bombings in Chandpur in which one person was killed. Earlier, he was arrested from a motor garage at BITAC area in Chandpur on October 6. Our Chittagong correspondent writes, eight suspected Islamic militants were taken on five days fresh remand yesterday for their suspected involvement in bomb blasts in Chittagong court on October 3. |
| Posted by:Fred |