ISI, Bangladesh homegrown terrorists behind Dhaka attack: Top official, minister

Some of our religious based parties have a propensity towards violence&fundamentalism,Islamic extremism:Gowher Rizvi pic.twitter.com/31QfJmPxt0

— ANI (@ANI_news) July 3, 2016

These are Bangladeshis,home grown terrorists with deliberate objective to undermine our secular,plural,liberal democratic tradition: G Rizvi

— ANI (@ANI_news) July 3, 2016

Year ago we were told that there would be an attack on some popular place where foreigners conglomerate: Gowher Rizvi(adviser,Bangladesh PM)

— ANI (@ANI_news) July 3, 2016

It was then understood and interpreted as some 5-star hotel or event where foreigners are present: Gowher Rizvi pic.twitter.com/eVrEI9Gy7I

— ANI (@ANI_news) July 3, 2016

ISI did have connections with the Jamaat-e-Islami arm cadres in the past: Bangladesh I&B minister Hasanul Haq Inu pic.twitter.com/2GjhMqBPHM

— ANI (@ANI_news) July 3, 2016

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Earlier in the day, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan also said that the Jihadists who atacked the Dhaka restaurant were members of a homegrown Bangladeshi militant outfit and not followers of the Islamic State group

“They are members of the Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bangladesh,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told AFP, referring to a group which has been banned in Bangladesh for more than a decade.

Seven gunmen, carrying heavy arms, stormed into the upmarket restaurant popular with expatriates in the diplomatic zone late on Friday, before killing 20 foreigners in a coordinated mass killing.