The law enforcement agencies are yet to find any link of militant group Islamic State (IS) with the murder of an Italian citizen in Dhaka, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said.
The minister made the statement in a press conference at his office on Tuesday afternoon.
He said: “We are investigating the killing incident. So far, our law enforcement agencies did not find any link of IS with the murder.”
Saying that there is no existence of IS in Bangladesh, he said whenever anyone tried to recruit members for the militant group in Bangladesh, they were arrested.
Kamal also expressed hope that the killers would be traced soon.
Asked whether the murder incident to affect Australia’s tour, he said: “There is no reason for Australia to cancel the tour. It is an isolated incident.”
The minister also said that the law enforcers are ready to ensure security to the Australia cricket team.
Italian citizen Cesare Tavella was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the capital’s Gulshan diplomatic zone on Monday evening.
Tavella, 50, was a project manager at the Netherlands-based development organisation ICCO Cooperation.
Extremist militant group Islamic State (IS) has claimed the responsibility for killing the Italian national, according to Site Intelligence Group, a website that tracks online activity of Jihadi organisations.
On Saturday, the Australian cricket team delayed its planned departure to Bangladesh after being warned by its government that there was a potential security risk from militants.
Following Australia’s security concern, the UK and US issued alerts for their citizens living in Bangladesh in the wake of threat from terrorists.
Source: DhakaTribune
