2 men arrested for alleged involvement in Bangladesh attack

Police in Bangladesh say they have arrested a British man and a University of Toronto student for their alleged involvement in last month's deadly attack on a restaurant by radical Islamists.

A Dhaka police spokesman said British national Hasnat Karim and the student Tahmid Hasib Khan were arrested Thursday and police were seeking court permission to question them for 10 days.

Twenty people, mostly foreigners, were killed when gunmen attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1.

The two men were known to have been inside the restaurant but Bangladeshi authorities and police denied having them in custody after the attack. Their families and New York-based Human Rights Watch had appealed for news about them and said the authorities were holding the men.

 

 

AP