Bangladeshi police had yesterday arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in the murder of an Italian aid worker here.
"We certainly note with concern ISIS's claim of responsibility for the attack. We take those claims seriously," the State Department Spokesman John Kirby told reporters at his daily news briefing yesterday.
Kirby was responding to questions about ISIS claim of a few terrorist activities in Bangladesh including killing of an Italian aid worker.
According to the State Department spokesman, it is difficult to say the degree to which ISILThe attacks on the foreigners was claimed by the Islamic
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Is or is not operating in Bangladesh.
"I'm not at a position where I can make that determination. But there's an investigation going on right now that we want to - if there's a need to be helpful, we want to be helpful," he said.
The earlier attacks on the foreigners was claimed by the Islamic State. Unknown miscreants carried out an unprecedented attack with improvised grenades on a Shiite procession in the old part of Dhaka on Saturday. This attack was also claimed by the Islamic State.