Two suspected militants killed in Bangladesh

Dhaka: Two suspected militants in Bangladesh were killed in a series of blasts at a hideout according to a military spokesman.

They died during an operation conducted by the country's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).

Mufti Mahmud Khan, RAB's Legal and Media Wing Director, said, "Two suspected male militants blew themselves up by setting off explosions during RAB crackdown on a militant hideout in Bosila Metro Housing Project area of Mohammadpur.”

Earlier, a team of RAB-2 cordoned off the tin-shed building responding to information regarding the presence of suspected militants in the area.

"Three legs were seen on the spot meaning two persons are confirmed dead," he said, adding they will have to identify the bodies through DNA profiling.

Security has been tightened up in Bangladesh since militants attacked a Spanish cafe in Dhaka's Gulshan on July 1, 2016, killing 22 people mostly foreigners.

Since the cafe attack, Bangladeshi police have conducted series of large-scale operations against militants.