Roots of culprits would be tracked down: PM

‘We must find out the roots of the culprits who gave arms and explosives to the terrorists for committing the barbaric attack on Holy Artisan Bakery’, Prime Minister said this on Sunday morning.

The Prime Minister came up with the assertion when Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Kihara called on her at her official Ganobhaban residence.

After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.

The Premier said the terrorists earlier carried out secret killings, and the priests, fathers and monks were their target. ‘Many of the terrorists involved in the crimes were arrested,’ she said.

The Prime Minister and the Japanese state minister agreed that Bangladesh and Japan would fight terrorism unitedly.

In this connection, Sheikh Hasina mentioned the terrorist attacks in France, Belgium, Japan and India.

The Prime Minister said the bodies of the Japanese nationals who were killed in the Gulshan attack would be handed over to the authorities concerned after the autopsy.

The Japanese state minister thanked the Prime Minister for efficiently handling the situation.

PM’s Principal Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad and Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Masato Watanabe were present at the meeting.