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Same group behind Gulshan and Sholakia attacks: Police Boss

Inspector General of Police (IGP) A K M Shahidul Hoque on Saturday said members of same militant group carried out the attacks at Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, where gunman killed 22 people including 17 foreigners and two police officers at Sholakia Eidgah on July 7, where four people, including two policemen, a woman and a suspected assailant were killed.Members of same group are behind the attacks at Gulshan and Sholakia Eidgah, the police boss said these during his visit to Sholakia Eidgah around 12pm.The IGP said members of banned Islamist militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) carried out the attack at Sholakia Eidgah on July 7, where thousands people gathered to perform their Eid prayer.He said all the attackers are wanted and police will find out them by any cost.In his answer to a question asked by the journalists that is there are any existence of IS in the country the police head said after every attack in the country IS claimed the credit though the attacks were carried out by the homegrown militants.