Missing militant brothers post IS-style photo on Facebook
Wanted by police for militant ties, two brothers missing since December last year have posted their photo on Facebook with an Islamic State flag and guns
Wanted by the police for militant ties, two brothers who have been missing since December last year have posted a photo on Facebook of them and an unidentified third party posing with an IS flag and guns. The three are also holding drinking glasses in their hands filled with an unidentifiable dark liquid.
Ibrahim Hasan Khan, a high school graduate from Saudi Arabia and a resident of Bashundhara area, posted the photo as his profile picture around 10pm Wednesday. He gave no caption and his location remains unknown.
The youth on his right is Junayed Hossain, his brother. The other on his left could not be identified immediately.
Screenshot of Ibrahim Hasan’s Facebook page
The siblings, whose father Munir Hasan Khan is an expatriate in Saudi Arabia, came into limelight after the July 1 Gulshan terror attack where at least 23 people including 17 foreigners were killed by five militants acting in the name of Islamic State.
Also read: 31 ‘IS supporters’ killed in 10 months
The names of the two brothers appear on the list of missing youths with suspected militant links.
Police later said that they were also looking for the duo and 10 other accomplices of Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, identified as the Gulshan attack mastermind who was killed in a raid in Narayanganj on August 27.
On the photo posted from an unknown location, Ibrahim, who sits in the middle of the three, appears to be the leader of the small team, and is wearing a pair of black sunglasses with a rifle beside his chair. An assault rifle, two pistols, and two combat knives are seen on the tea table in front of them.
According to his Facebook profile which was last updated publicly in October 2015, he works at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh.
Dhaka Tribune has been able to verify independently that the profile belongs to the same Ibrahim who is on the missing list.
Before this photo, Ibrahim’s last public post on Facebook was on July 13, 2015.
On June 12 last year, he went to the Holey Artisan Bakery, the scene of the Gulshan terror attack, with a friend and posted photos from there.
Ibrahim studied at the Bangladesh International School in Saudi Arabia. Their flat in Bashundhara Residential Area remains vacant as according to media reports the family members are staying abroad for the last one year.
When contacted, a senior RAB official told the Dhaka Tribune that nothing could be said about the matter before verifying the information
- Tribune Desk
- Published at 03:37 AM September 15, 2016
- Last updated at 10:13 AM September 15, 2016
Wanted by police for militant ties, two brothers missing since December last year have posted their photo on Facebook with an Islamic State flag and guns
Wanted by the police for militant ties, two brothers who have been missing since December last year have posted a photo on Facebook of them and an unidentified third party posing with an IS flag and guns. The three are also holding drinking glasses in their hands filled with an unidentifiable dark liquid.
Ibrahim Hasan Khan, a high school graduate from Saudi Arabia and a resident of Bashundhara area, posted the photo as his profile picture around 10pm Wednesday. He gave no caption and his location remains unknown.
The youth on his right is Junayed Hossain, his brother. The other on his left could not be identified immediately.
Screenshot of Ibrahim Hasan’s Facebook page
The siblings, whose father Munir Hasan Khan is an expatriate in Saudi Arabia, came into limelight after the July 1 Gulshan terror attack where at least 23 people including 17 foreigners were killed by five militants acting in the name of Islamic State.
Also read: 31 ‘IS supporters’ killed in 10 months
The names of the two brothers appear on the list of missing youths with suspected militant links.
Police later said that they were also looking for the duo and 10 other accomplices of Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, identified as the Gulshan attack mastermind who was killed in a raid in Narayanganj on August 27.
On the photo posted from an unknown location, Ibrahim, who sits in the middle of the three, appears to be the leader of the small team, and is wearing a pair of black sunglasses with a rifle beside his chair. An assault rifle, two pistols, and two combat knives are seen on the tea table in front of them.
According to his Facebook profile which was last updated publicly in October 2015, he works at the Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh.
Dhaka Tribune has been able to verify independently that the profile belongs to the same Ibrahim who is on the missing list.
Before this photo, Ibrahim’s last public post on Facebook was on July 13, 2015.
On June 12 last year, he went to the Holey Artisan Bakery, the scene of the Gulshan terror attack, with a friend and posted photos from there.
Ibrahim studied at the Bangladesh International School in Saudi Arabia. Their flat in Bashundhara Residential Area remains vacant as according to media reports the family members are staying abroad for the last one year.
When contacted, a senior RAB official told the Dhaka Tribune that nothing could be said about the matter before verifying the information
