Ex-member: IS sent agents to Bangladesh
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In an interview with the New York Times, Harry Sarfo, a resident of Bremen who joined IS in late 2014, said a special cell of the group had sent out hundreds of jihadists worldwide
A former IS member who escaped the terrorist group’s territory and is now in jail in Germany has said that the group has trained recruits to carry out attacks in Bangladesh.
In an interview with the New York Times, Harry Sarfo, a resident of Bremen who joined ISIS in late 2014, said the operation had sent out hundreds of jihadists worldwide.
Under a special force named Emni, the Islamic State’s internal security unit, recruits were trained to go back home to carry out attacks, beginning about two years ago.
The leader of that group is Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a Syrian who is possibly the highest decision maker for external activities of IS, according to the report.
ISIS has been trying to build an infrastructure in Bangladesh, giving particular preference to people who were previously in Al Qaeda, Sarfo said.
“People especially from Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia — they have people who used to work for Al Qaeda, and once they joined the Islamic State, they are asking them questions about their experiences and if they have contacts,” he told New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi.
ISIS has claimed the Gulshan attack, an unprecedented armed assault on a restaurant that killed 24 people, mostly Japanese and Italians on July 1.
The attackers were five young men, at least one of whom were known to police as a Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative.
- Tribune Desk
- Published at 06:58 PM August 04, 2016
- Last updated at 08:11 PM August 04, 2016
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In an interview with the New York Times, Harry Sarfo, a resident of Bremen who joined IS in late 2014, said a special cell of the group had sent out hundreds of jihadists worldwide
A former IS member who escaped the terrorist group’s territory and is now in jail in Germany has said that the group has trained recruits to carry out attacks in Bangladesh.
In an interview with the New York Times, Harry Sarfo, a resident of Bremen who joined ISIS in late 2014, said the operation had sent out hundreds of jihadists worldwide.
Under a special force named Emni, the Islamic State’s internal security unit, recruits were trained to go back home to carry out attacks, beginning about two years ago.
The leader of that group is Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a Syrian who is possibly the highest decision maker for external activities of IS, according to the report.
ISIS has been trying to build an infrastructure in Bangladesh, giving particular preference to people who were previously in Al Qaeda, Sarfo said.
“People especially from Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia — they have people who used to work for Al Qaeda, and once they joined the Islamic State, they are asking them questions about their experiences and if they have contacts,” he told New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi.
ISIS has claimed the Gulshan attack, an unprecedented armed assault on a restaurant that killed 24 people, mostly Japanese and Italians on July 1.
The attackers were five young men, at least one of whom were known to police as a Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative.
