Bangladesh police on Thursday said they shot and killed two members of a banned group blamed for a spate of recent attacks in the South Asian nation, Reuters reported. Police have stepped up a hunt for militants after a wave of violence that included several attacks on mosques, Christian priests and Hindu temples. Two militants were killed in an exchange of gunfire after police raided their hideout on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, after midnight, said Sanwar Hossain, a deputy commissioner of police in the detective branch. "Our force had to fire back when the militants hurled a grenade and started shooting," he added.
