Jamaatul Mujahideen
The banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has reportedly threatened to blow up important installations in some district headquarters if the government does not stop arresting and harassing its activists.
About 400 suspected activists of the outfit were arrested afterthe August 17 countrywide series of bomb blasts, in which three people were killed and over 150 others injured.
In a letter to daily newspapers in the western Kushtia on Monday, JMB asked the district administration not to arrest or harass its activists, otherwise, it will blow up important installations including courts, police stations, municipality, banks, press club, district council and markets, The New Age reported Tuesday.
The Islamist outfit said in the letter, "It is not a threat. Itis the declaration of a jihad as the JMB activists, which are ready to sacrifice their lives for the enforcement of Islamic law in the country."
JMB made similar threats in the recent past at different districts of the country.
Police reportedly has taken adequate measures in this regard, hunting for the militant members of JMB, who allegedly carried outthe near-simultaneous chain bombing across the country on August 17.
Meanwhile, the government has identified another Islamist outfit the Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami (Islamic Movement for Jihad) as a terrorist organization and banned its activities on Monday.
Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) is a self-proclaimed terrorist organization and its activities are very sensitive, a press note issued by the home ministry on Monday said, adding that the Bangladeshi government, on the basis of information received, has banned the activities of Huji.
The government announced the ban two months after JMB carried out the bomb blasts on August 17.
Earlier on February 23, the government banned two Islamist outfits the JMB and Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (Awakened Muslim People Bangladesh) for "creating anarchy and engaging in subversive activities."
Huji's Bangladesh chapter has been involved in carrying out terrorist activities in the country for more than half a decade. It has been behind several major bomb attacks as well as assassination attempts on former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and some leading intellectuals.
MN
About 400 suspected activists of the outfit were arrested afterthe August 17 countrywide series of bomb blasts, in which three people were killed and over 150 others injured.
In a letter to daily newspapers in the western Kushtia on Monday, JMB asked the district administration not to arrest or harass its activists, otherwise, it will blow up important installations including courts, police stations, municipality, banks, press club, district council and markets, The New Age reported Tuesday.
The Islamist outfit said in the letter, "It is not a threat. Itis the declaration of a jihad as the JMB activists, which are ready to sacrifice their lives for the enforcement of Islamic law in the country."
JMB made similar threats in the recent past at different districts of the country.
Police reportedly has taken adequate measures in this regard, hunting for the militant members of JMB, who allegedly carried outthe near-simultaneous chain bombing across the country on August 17.
Meanwhile, the government has identified another Islamist outfit the Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami (Islamic Movement for Jihad) as a terrorist organization and banned its activities on Monday.
Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) is a self-proclaimed terrorist organization and its activities are very sensitive, a press note issued by the home ministry on Monday said, adding that the Bangladeshi government, on the basis of information received, has banned the activities of Huji.
The government announced the ban two months after JMB carried out the bomb blasts on August 17.
Earlier on February 23, the government banned two Islamist outfits the JMB and Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (Awakened Muslim People Bangladesh) for "creating anarchy and engaging in subversive activities."
Huji's Bangladesh chapter has been involved in carrying out terrorist activities in the country for more than half a decade. It has been behind several major bomb attacks as well as assassination attempts on former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and some leading intellectuals.
MN
posted by Subrosa at Wednesday, October 19, 2005
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