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Four militants killed in Atia Mahal: Army

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Published: 13:51, 27 March 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Four militants killed in Atia Mahal: Army

Staff Correspondent: Four militants were killed during the army-led operation inside the terror den at Atia Mahal in Sylhet.

Brig Gen Fakhrul Ahsan, spokesperson of the operation, ‘Operation Twilight,’ came up with the disclosure at a press conference near Aita Mahal on Monday evening.

Fakhrul Ahsan said, "None else alive in the den. But, 'Atia Mahal' is highly risky as a huge cache of explosives including IEDs (improvised explosive device) has been found scattered inside."

“We’ve found four bodies inside the building in the end of the day’s operation. Of them, three are male and a woman."

He also said that the militants wore suicidal vest. They charged explosives, grenade and fired aiming law enforcers. The operation is still going on.

The entire place as crime scene will be handed over to police forces and then they will take steps according to the rules in this regard, Fakhrul Ahsan added.

Earlier, sporadic firing and explosion were heard on Monday morning as Sylhet’s Atia Mahal raid entered into day four.

The Army-led operation, ‘Operation Twilight’, began on Saturday morning although police launched the raid on the militant den early Friday.



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