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Bangladesh

12 Islamists blamed in cafe attack killed

Bangladeshi security forces on Saturday killed 12 members of an Islamist militant group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July, senior officials said. Most of the militants were killed in a three-hour gunbattle as security forces raided four hideouts on the outskirts of Dhaka, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters. The dead were believed to be members of a new faction of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, authorities said.