Suspected ISIL terrorist arrested in Bangladesh
Police in Bangladesh have arrested a suspected member of the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group, which has been committing crimes against humanity in Syria and Iraq.
According to police sources, the man was arrested on Saturday night in the capital city of Dhaka.
Some media reports said the suspect was a coordinator for the terrorist group in Bangladesh and had a large number of training videos for Takfiri terrorists along with some books about al-Qaeda and ISIL at the time of his arrest.
The new arrest comes as earlier on May 24, two more suspected members of ISIL were nabbed in Dhaka’s Uttara and Lalmatia areas. The arrested individuals had reportedly recruited members online to join the ranks of ISIL.
The ISIL terrorists, many of whom were initially trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, now control parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq. They have been engaged in crimes against humanity in the areas under their control.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on May 29 warned that foreign militants who have joined ISIL in Iraq and Syria are posing serious threats to the world peace and security.
“I remain concerned that recent events, particularly in Iraq and Syria, which have seen the advance of Da’esh (ISIL) and other groups with the growing support of [foreign terrorists], demonstrate that this is an increasing threat to international peace and security that requires even more concerted action by the international community,” Ban said while briefing the UN Security Council.
The UN has recently said that 25,000 terrorists from more than 100 countries have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join terrorist groups such as ISIL and the al-Qaeda-affiliate al-Nusra Front.
The influx of militants into the Middle East conflict zones has prompted warnings from several European governments as fears are now growing that the foreign militants may carry out terrorist attacks once they return home.
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