Briton formally arrested over Dhaka cafe attack

Police have formally arrested a British national allegedly involved in the deadly terrorist attack on a Dhaka cafe that killed 22 people last month, officials said.

Hasnat Karim, a 47-year-old Briton, had initially been detained along with Tahmid Khan, 22, a University of Toronto student, as a suspect in the attack, which was claimed by the Daesh terror group. A court Saturday ordered Karim to be remanded in custody for eight more days after police said he was the “first person” to be formally arrested over the attack.
Karim and Khan were both inside the Holey Artisan Bakery when gunmen raided the cafe on the night of July 1, taking a group of mainly Western diners hostage and then killing 20 of them, along with two policemen.

Source: Arab News