DHAKA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's security forces Wednesday afternoon found seven bodies burned beyond recognition inside a militant hideout that was devastated by a fire triggered by several heavy explosions Tuesday night.
Benazir Ahmed, director general of Bangladesh's anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), told journalists Wednesday afternoon, "We've found the badly charred remains of seven people inside the hideout."
"We had information that there were militant Abdullah, his two wives, two children and two associates inside the hideout when it has been encircled by my force."
He said the militants were most likely killed in a series of suicide explosions that rocked the militant hideout Tuesday night.
The blasts resulted in a big fire visible from far off areas.
Several units of fire fighters were seen Wednesday morning to spray water at the six-storey building and assist the law enforcers who resumed operation from 9:30 a.m. local time Wednesday with bomb disposal units and dog squads.
At least three heavy blasts were heard from inside the six-storey building since about 9:00 p.m. local time Tuesday night.
A huge blast inside the building tilted it towards one side.
At least four RAB personnel were injured last night due to the blasts.
RAB early Tuesday cordoned off the building in capital Dhaka, where militants were suspected of being holed up.
The raid came following information given by suspects of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) detained in a raid on a house in the country's central Tangail district, 97 km away from Dhaka, earlier in the night.
Security has been tightened in Bangladesh after militants attacked a Spanish cafe in Dhaka's Gulshan on July 1, which left 22 people, mostly foreigners, dead.
