In April this year, the ISIS propaganda magazine Dabiq warned of terror attacks in “Bengal (which) is located on the eastern side of India”. Bangladesh was the base from where attacks In the Indian subcontinent would be carried out, the magazine stated. Whether the attacks in Dhaka on July 1 and July 7 were actually the handiwork of the ‘Islamic State’ or if it was homegrown terror with ISIS just claiming credit for something it had no role in, no one knows for sure. Whether the terrorists were short of arms (they were all photographed using the same assault weapon, a Kalashnikov lookalike) or if it was a smokescreen, no one knows either.