Bangladesh detains two political activists for IS propaganda


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015

DHAKA (Reuters) - Police have detained two members of Bangladesh's biggest religion-based party on suspicion they were involved in Islamic State propaganda, including one who called himself "Jihadi John", a police commissioner said on Wednesday.

The two members of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party who were paraded before reporters are being investigated for links with Islamic State which has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in Bangladesh including the killing of two foreigners.

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