Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday expressed her firm resolve to find out the root of Gulshan terror attack.

‘This is very much unfortunate...we’ll find out root of this attack, we’ll figure out who gave arms and explosives to them,’ she said.

The Prime Minister said this while Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Kihara met her at her official residence Ganobhaban.

She said the targets of terrorists were priests and people like them until recently.

‘We’ve arrested many of the culprits. Such attacks were carried out in France, Belgium, India and Japan. Now it happened in Bangladesh,’ she said.

PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.

The Prime Minister and Japanese State Minister agreed to fight out terrorism together.

About the bodies of the Japanese people killed in the terror attack, the Prime Minister said the bodies will be handed over to Japanese authorities after autopsy.

Seiji Kihara thanked the Prime Minister for efficiently handling the situation.

He said the economic cooperation between Japan and Bangladesh would continue.

Principal Secretary Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad and Japanese Ambassador to Dhaka Masato Watanabe were present during the meeting