an upscale cafe in Dhaka's diplomatic enclave in 2016 that resulted in the deaths of 22 people, including 17 foreigners.

The attack prompted a swift crackdown by Hasina, with hundreds of suspected militants arrested or killed in raids across the country.

The Rapid Action Battalion has been credited with reducing militant attacks, but international human rights groups blame the elite anti-crime force for the disappearances and extrajudicial killings of dozens of people allegedly involved with radical groups.

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This story has been corrected to fix spelling of name to Mohammed Polash Ahmed instead of Mahmud Polash Ahmed.(CNN) -- With allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests piling up in Germany and Ireland and surfacing in Austria and the Netherlands, Europe appears poised to face church abuse in the broad, wrenching way the United States did in the last decade.

But because Europe is home to the Catholic Church, new revelations of abuse there could have different -- and more serious -- consequences for the church and Pope Benedict XVI.

"Is he likely to resign? No," Vatican analyst John Allen told CNN, referring to the pope. "The last pope to resign was in the 12th century. To date, very few Catholic bishops of any sort have resigned over mishandling the crisis."

"Does this do enormous damage to him and his papacy, does it damage his moral credibility and