Woman blows herself up in Bangladesh raid on 'militant hide-out'
24th December 2016
A woman said to have links with a banned militant group has blown herself up during a police raid on a house in Bangladesh, officials say.
The woman had links with the Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB) group, Bangladesh's Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said.
The case is believed to be the first of its kind in the country involving a female suicide bomber.
A man was also killed in a shoot-out in Saturday's raid in the capital, Dhaka.
Authorities said two other women and two children had earlier surrendered at the address, which was surrounded by police early on Saturday...