FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
ISIS-Bangladesh
( AS OF OCTOBER 2022 )
OVERVIEW
ISIS-Bangladesh is a network of ISIS supporters based in Bangladesh. ISIS officially acknowledged the network in 2015. The network includes among its members some veteran Bangladeshi terrorists intent on overthrowing the Bangladeshi Government to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state. ISIS-Bangladesh has killed dozens, including a US citizen, and wounded more than 200 since its formation in 2015.
OPERATING AREAS
Operates in major cities throughout Bangladesh
MEMBERS
At least several dozen
TACTICS AND TARGETS
ISIS-Bangladesh conducts attacks against police, religious minorities, government officials and buildings, and foreign aid workers, using small arms, IEDs, suicide bombers, and edged weapons.
FOREIGN TERRORIST GROUP DESIGNATION
The US State Department designated ISIS-Bangladesh as a foreign terrorist organization in February 2018.
KEY LEADERS
Mahadi Hasan Jon
a.k.a. Abu Abbas Al Bangali
Amir since September 2020
Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury [DECEASED]
Attack planner; killed in a police raid on 27 August 2016
NOTABLE ATTACKS
25 March 2017
Sylhet, Sylhet Division, Bangladesha
Network members bomb a crowd that has gathered to watch a police raid targeting the network, killing six people and wounding 57.
1-2 July 2016
Dhaka, Dhaka Division,Bangladesh
Five operatives attack the Holey Artisan Bakery with small arms, handgrenades, and machetes, and hold patrons and staff hostage before killing 22, including two police officers,and wounding 40 others.
28 September 2015
Dhaka, Dhaka Division,Bangladesh
ISIS-Bangladesh conducts its first attack, killing an Italian NGO worker in a drive-by shooting.