JMB

Stop ignoring militancy threats in prisons

Focus more on deradicalising ex-militants, increasing surveillance

8yrs of Holey Artisan carnage: Militants turning to apps to draw new recruits

With the so-called Islamic State trying to regroup in Syria and beyond, Neo JMB, a Bangladeshi IS-inspired group, is becoming active again.

Naval base mosque attack: 5 JMB men get death sentence

A Chattogram tribunal today sentenced five members of the banned militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death for the bomb attack on a naval base in Chattogram.

Two JMB suspects held

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with some books on jihad and leaflets from Ajhoir village in Nachole upazila early yesterday.

2 'Neo JMB' men held

Counterterrorism officials yesterday claimed to have arrested two alleged operatives of “Neo JMB” in the city's Jatrabari and Demra areas.

4 ‘JMB members’ held in Mymensingh

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a woman from Biddaganj Railway Station in Mymensingh.

'Sabotaging election was their target'

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday arrested three people who they claim are mainstream JMB members, including a regional commander, who were “motivating and providing training to Rohingya refugees”.

Five JMB men held in Bogra

Police claim to have arrested five members including two military wing leaders of outlawed militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in Bogra's Sherpur upazila early yesterday.

Rab arrests 6 'JMB' men

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested six suspected militants of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in separate drives in Rajshahi and Barisal in 24 hours since Thursday night.

December 25, 2015
December 25, 2015

‘JMB den’ raid: 3 militant suspects on 6-day remand

A Dhaka court place three suspected Islamist militants on a six-day remand in connection with yesterday’s crackdown at an alleged militant den in Dhaka’s Mirpur.

December 25, 2015
December 25, 2015

15-hour raid on 'JMB den'

In a 15-hour crackdown in a militant den on the capital's Mirpur, detectives yesterday seized 16 improvised grenades, other ingredients, including power gel enough to make over 200 bombs and grenades, and a suicide vest, police said. Six youths, aged between 20 and 30, were said to be arrested during the raid at two apartments on the top floor of a six-storey building in Shah Ali area. Two of them are key operatives of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and the four others are suspected militants, detectives said, but did not disclose their identities.

December 24, 2015
December 24, 2015

Suicide vest, grenades found at ‘JMB den’, 7 held

In key raid in Dhaka’s bustling Mirpur suburb, cops bust a militant den and seize huge quantity of improvised grenades, plastic explosives and suicide vest. Seven – 3 of them confirmed as JMB militants – are detained after failed attempt to scare away cops by blasting the grenades.

December 20, 2015
December 20, 2015

‘JMB man admits’ role in Iskcon temple attack

Suspected militant of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) held over the attack on an Iskcon temple in Dinajpur is said to have confessed his role in the attack.

December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015

‘JMB man admits’ shooting Italian pastor in Dinajpur

Suspected JMB man, arrested in Dinajpur temple attack case, admits that he shot Italian pastor and doctor Piero Parolari, detectives claim.

December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015

‘JMB link found in 6 Rangpur, Dinajpur attacks’

Police find Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh’s link to the killing of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi and five recent incidents of attacks in Rangpur and Dinajpur, the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Rangpur range), says.

December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015

Burdwan blast: JMB man among 28 freshly charged

The National Investigation Agency of India files its second supplementary charge sheet in the Burdwan bomb blast case, slapping fresh charges against 28 accused including a JMB man for waging war against Bangladesh.

December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015

JMB man admits shooting Kunio Hoshi, cops say

An operative of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), who opened fire on Japanese national Kunio Hoshi, makes judicial confession about his role, a top police official says.

December 6, 2015
December 6, 2015

3 ‘JMB’ men on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court places three suspected members of banned militant outfit JMB on a five-day remand in connection with a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Detectives arrested them in Uttara of Dhaka.

November 30, 2015
November 30, 2015

Pakistani among 4 JMB men held from Dhaka

Detectives arrest four activists of militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) along with foreign currencies and passports at Uttara in Dhaka.