Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)

  • 9 Assassination attempts
  • 5 armed assault terror events
  • 1 incident of explosion
  • 1 incident of hostage taking
  • Closely linked with AQIS, JMB and JEIB

Targets

  • Commoners, seculars, minorities
  • Killed 20, 39 injured in its barbaric attacks

Commoners targeted from

  • 6 incidents – journalists, from media
  • 5 incidents of targeting private citizens and their properties
  • 2 incidents of targeting educational institutions
  • Also targeted people from business institutions, religious institutions, political parties and even police

Weapons used

  • Largely melee weapons – 15 times
  • Firearms used – 3 times
  • Also used chemicals and explosives

Analysis of data on ABT from the University of Maryland and the US Homeland Department

16 terror incidents (2013 – 2018) recorded

AQIS – Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent

JMB – Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh

JEIB – Jamaat-E-Islami (Bangladesh)

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