Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury ( 25 July 1986 – 27 August 2016 ) , known by his kunya Abū Ibrāhīm al-Hanīf , was a Bangladeshi-Canadian alleged to be the emir of the Islamic State ( IS ) in Bangladesh . He was the alleged mastermind of the July 2016 Dhaka attack at the Gulshan café , which resulted in 29 deaths . He was killed in a raid on an IS safehouse in Dhaka by Bangladeshi forces on 27 August 2016
July 2016 Dhaka attack
July 2016 Dhaka attack
Tamim Chowdhury