'US supports govt's efforts to identify extremist attackers'

The US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat, has said the United States supported government's efforts to identify perpetrators of the "cowardly acts" targeting members of a community with historic roots in Bangladesh and all extremist attacks.

 

'The government's commitment to rooting out militancy is demonstrated by the recent arrest of suspects involved in these incidents and by the counter-terrorism raid in Dhaka, which lead to the seizure of bombs and bomb-making materials,' said the  US Ambassador.

 

She said this in a statement on Tuesday (today).

 

The US envoy's statement came two days after the murder of a Hindu priest in Panchagarh in northern Bangladesh.

 

Bernicat strongly condemned the "cowardly acts" targeting members of a community with historic roots in Bangladesh and that strikes at Bangladesh's traditions of diversity and harmony, the statement added.