US yet to confirm Dhaka raid militant’s citizenship
The US is yet to confirm citizenship of Shazad Rouf Arko, the militant who was said to be an American passport holder and killed during Dhaka raid.
“I can only confirm we have seen reports that a US citizen was killed in a police raid in Dhaka,” said John Kirby, a spokesperson for the US State Department, during Thursday’s briefing.
“We understand that there’s an ongoing law enforcement investigation on the matter, and so I’d refer you to local authorities for more detail on that,” he told a questioner.
When the journalist asked again: “Aren’t you trying to find out?”, Kirby said: “And out of respect for the privacy of those affected...we’re going to decline further comment.”
Earlier, on July 1 an American citizen with Bangladeshi origin was brutally killed along with 22 others in a militants attack at a Gulshan cafe.
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