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Activities: HUJI-B may be responsible for numerous terrorist attacks in India, including an October
2008 attack in a shopping area in Agartala, Tripura that killed three and wounded over 100 people. The
Agartala attack may have been conducted jointly with a local Indian separatist group. HUJI-B has
trained and fielded operatives in Burma to fight on behalf of the Rohingya, an Islamic minority
group. Three HUJI-B members were convicted in December 2008 for the grenade attack on the British
High Commissioner in May 2004 in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Bangladeshi courts issued warrants in
December 2008 for the arrest of eight HUJI-B members for the bombing at a festival in April 2001 that
killed 10 and injured scores of people. In May, Indian police arrested HUJI-B militant Mohammad
Iqbal, a.k.a. Abdur Rehman, who was charged with plotting attacks in Delhi, India. HUJI-B and its
detained leader, Mufti Hannan, are also suspected in a 2000 assassination attempt on Bangladeshi
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Strength: HUJI-B leaders have claimed up to 400 members are Afghan war veterans, but its total
membership is unknown.
Location/Area of Operation: The group operates primarily in Bangladesh, India, and Burma. HUJI-B
has a network of madrassas and conducts trainings in Bangladesh.
External Aid: HUJI-B funding comes from a variety of sources. Several international Islamic NGOs
such as the South African-based Servants of Suffering Humanity may have funneled money to HUJI-B
and other Bangladeshi militant groups. HUJI-B also can draw funding from local militant madrassa
leaders and teachers.