2017 South Surma Upazila bombings

2017 South Surma Upazila bombings
Part of Terrorism in Bangladesh
Location	South Surma Upazila, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Date	25 March 2017
Target	Civilians and police officers
Weapons	Explosive belts
Deaths	11 (including 4 suicide bombers)[1][2]
Injured	40+
Perpetrators	ISIL
Assailants	4 suicide bombers[1]

The 2017 South Surma Upazila bombings was a combined police and army raid of a suspected militant hideout in South Surma Upazila, Sylhet, Bangladesh on 25 March 2017. During the raid, the militants targeted the Bangladesh Armed Forces who were surrounding the militant occupied compound in Sylhet. There were two suicide bombings which killed four civilians and two police officers and wounded more than 40, some critically. An army lieutenant colonel later died from his injuries.^[2] Bombs exploded and gunfire was reported when the military launched Operation Twilight to clear the militant hideout.^[3][4][5][6] ISIL claimed responsibility however, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal denied the claims of ISIL and blamed the local Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh for the attacks.^[7] Finally the Bangladesh Army neutralised four militants at the suspected hideout.^[1][8]