Published: 07:16 AM, 26 March 2017 Last Update: 07:26 AM, 26 March 2017
IS' 'Amaq Reports IS Bombing on Bangladeshi Forces in Sylhet https://t.co/sEi31qsymi
— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) March 25, 2017
The police officials were there to assist the assault on the Islamist militants holed up in the hideout.
This is the third incident in Bangladesh in eight days for which the IS claimed credit.
The two others are a blast near the entrance of Dhaka international airport on Friday and a suicide attack on a RAB camp in the same vicinity on Mar 17.