Terrorist Incidents in Sylhet, Bangladesh

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Recent Events

Event ID Date State Event
68486-140229-355803 3/27/2014 Sylhet 10 persons, including four Police, were injured while two cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) were arrested after the cadres pelted Police with brick chips when their procession was barred from progressing in Sylhet city of Sylhet District on March 26, reports The Daily Star.
68486-140230-355805 3/27/2014 Sylhet Meanwhile, Police arrested Sultan Mahamud, Assistant Secretary of Hatibandha sub-District JeI unit from Dhabalguru High School in Lalmonirhat District on March 26, reports The Independent.
67613-138331-351149 1/28/2014 Sylhet Meanwhile, Police on January 27 arrested 11 cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) from messes around Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet District following two cases filed over vandalism on the campus, reports The Daily Star.
67293-137554-349105 1/8/2014 Sylhet Additionally, Police arrested two JeI leaders in Sylhet city of Sylhet District on January 7 on charge of clashing with law enforcers, reports The Daily Star.
67006-136787-347043 12/20/2013 Sylhet Further, Police on December 19 arrested three persons on charge of arson attack on the village home of Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, a senior judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, at Tilokpur village in Moulvibazar District on December 11, reports The Daily Star.
66472-135256-343118 11/18/2013 Sylhet In Moulvibazar District, Police arrested a local JeI leader from his residence at Sonampur village in Rajnagar sub-District.

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Violence Spatial Dimension in 2013 Time-Series Dimension

Browse By District

District Number of Events
Hobiganj 19
Sylhet 47
Sun Amgonj 11
Moulvibazar 12

The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.