DHAKA, 3 April 2006 — Foreigners were involved in the Aug. 17 series of bombings in which two people were killed and over 200 injured, intelligence agencies said.
The agencies have prepared a list of foreigners allegedly involved in the explosions. Most of the foreigners included in the list are from Pakistan and the Middle East. They include Maulana Nur Ahmed, Maulana Yasin, Hafiz Monir Hossain, Touhid Wahab, Mehbub Nur, Joynuddin Khan, Ahmed Abdullah, Ahmed Shah ibn Sharif, and Shah Nur-e-Islam. Intelligence sources claimed that six of the foreigners were certainly involved in the bombings.
The foreigners had close ties with the banned outfit Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), sources said. The intelligence agencies are collecting more information about the foreigners. Ruling out JMB’s link with any international terror group, Inspector General of Police Abdul Quaiyum said the agencies had not been able to link JMB with any foreign terror group.
