IS claims responsibility for Sylhet blasts

Islamic State (IS) reportedly claimed the responsibility for the bomb blasts near a militant den in Sylhet city's Shibbari tonight that killed at least six people and injured many.

SITE Intelligence, a terror monitoring group, has cited IS's Amaq news agency claiming the responsibility hours after the attack.

Six people, including two policemen, were killed and 30 others injured in two bomb blasts that took place during an Army-led operation on the den -- 'Atia Mahal', a five-storey building where an unknown number of militants were holing up.

Much before the blasts, Army managed to evacuate 78 residents who had been trapped inside the building.

Source: dailystar