Terrorism in Bangladesh

Terrorism in Bangladesh

The bomb blasts carried out by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh on 17 August 2005.
DateFirst phase:
1972-24 November 1975 (3 years)
Second phase:
1977-2 December 1997 (20 years)
Third phase:
18 January 1999-present (25 years)
Location
Bangladesh (spillover into Myanmar and India)
Status Ongoing
Belligerents
First phase:
 Bangladesh		 First phase:
Marxist insurgents:
JaSaD
Gonobahini
BSS		 First phase:
Maoist insurgents:
PBSP
PBJMF
Second phase:
 Bangladesh		 Second phase:
Tribal insurgents:
PCJSS
Shanti Bahini
 Second phase:
Maoist insurgents:
GMF
PBCP
BCP
PBSP
 Second phase:
Islamist insurgents:
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh[1]
Third phase:
 Bangladesh

Third phase:
Islamist terrorist groups:
AQIS (2014-present)
HuJI
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (2004-present)
Allah'r Dal (2004-present)
Shahadat-e al Hiqma (2003-2011, 2014-present)
ABT (2013-present)

Leftist terrorist groups:
GMF
PBCP
BCP
PBSP
PBSP-MBRM
 Third phase:
Islamic State
IS-BP (2015-present)
Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh

Third phase:
ARSA

KNF

UPDF

UPDF-D
PCJSS-MN Larma

PCJSS
Commanders and leaders
Former:

Mufti Abdul Hannan Executed
Bangla Bhai Executed
Shaykh Abdur Rahman Executed
Abdullah al-Tasnim Surrendered
Sarwar Jahan Manik †
Abdun Nur
Sayed Kawsar Hossain Siddique (POW)
Jakir Khandakar

Faziul Haq †
Rashidul Islam
Islam Sabuj †
Amirul Islam †
Abdur Rouf
Sahinur Rahman †
Saidul †
 Abu Dujanah al-Bengali †
Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif Surrendered
Abu Muhammed al-Bengali?
Abu Abbas al-Bengali

Hafez Nur Mohammad (POW)

Nathan Bom
Cheosim Bom (POW)

Prasit Bikash Khisa
Joan Chakma
Jewel Chakma
Shachal Chakma

Tapan Jyoti Chakma †
Shaktiman Chakma †

Shantu Larma
Units involved

Bangladesh Police

Bangladesh Armed Forces

 Unknown Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
24,330+ Security Force members dead[2] 1,000+ dead or arrested[2] 1,000+ dead or arrested[2]

850+ ARSA insurgents arrested[3]

55+ KNF insurgents arrested[4]

15+ UPDF members dead[5] and 4+ UPDF members arrested

4+ UPDF-D members dead
Civilians: 50,724+ dead[2]

Bangladesh has experienced terrorism in the past conducted by a number of different organisations.[6][7] In the past, both ISIL and other terrorist organisations had claimed to be active in the country. However, the Bangladeshi government believes that they mainly operated through local affiliates, before being neutralised by security forces.

  1. ^ "Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "datasheet-terrorist-attack-fatalities". South Asia Terrorism Portal.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh police arrest 'most wanted' ARSA member at Rohingya camp". Radio Free Asia. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Why is Kuki-Chin suddenly attacking banks?". Somoy News. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. ^ "United People's Democratic Front (UPDF)". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Fatalities-Islamist Terrorism 2005 - 2017 - South Asia Terrorism Portal". Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Fatalities - Left-wing Extremism 2005 - 2017 - South Asia Terrorism Portal". Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2016.