Extremist group leader shot dead
Bangladesh police said Tuesday they had killed the chief of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an extremist group accused of murdering secular activists and inspiring a cafe siege that killed 22 people.
Khorshed Alam, described as the “emir” of Bangladesh’s deadliest Islamist outfit, was gunned down on Tuesday morning in the northern town of Shibganj. —