Bangladesh police kill suspected militant, arrest three women

DHAKA: A suspected militant was killed and three women were wounded and arrested in a shootout with police during a raid on a hideout used by militants in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, a senior police official said.

Authorities have intensified a hunt for suspected militants following a July 1 attack on an upmarket restaurant that killed at least 22 people, mostly foreigners, in one of most brazen attacks in Bangladesh.

Daesh (IS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for the assault.

Five police officers from the counter terrorism unit were also wounded when female militants attacked them with explosives and knives, senior police Sahabuddin Qureshi told reporters.

The three wounded women and the injured police officials were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, he added.