Bangladesh

December 2005 | Risk Summary

Bangladeshi police are hunting about 2,000 potential suicide bombers in the country after the killing of two judges in November. The country has been hit by a wave of bombings recently, but police have stepped up the nationwide hunt for militants after the death of the judges, acknowledging for the first time the presence of home-grown suicide bombers. Islamic militants have threatened more attacks in Bangladesh, the world’s third most populous Muslim nation, demanding the introduction of Islamic law in the democratic country. Lawyers have already boycotted courts in protest at the killings, and further bombings would disrupt not only

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