DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Bangladesh’s prime minister visited a stadium Monday where the bodies of three of the 20 victims were taken after a weekend attack in the capital, while security officials questioned some of those who had been rescued as they searched for information on the possible masterminds.
An official involved in the investigation said authorities were still holding five of the 13 people rescued Saturday morning when commandos stormed the restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone, killing six of the attackers and capturing one.
Those detained include a Canadian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, as well as a Bangladesh-born British citizen, he said on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorized to speak to media about the ongoing probe.
He would give no other details of their identities, but said authorities were looking into their backgrounds and questioning their family and friends as well.
The attack – the worst convulsion of violence yet in the recent wave of deadly attacks to hit Bangladesh – has stunned the traditionally moderate Muslim nation and raised global concerns about whether it can cope with the increasingly strident Islamist militants.