Mal Loye believes England's players will be well protected when they tour Bangladesh despite admitting he quit a coaching role in the country because he was worried about terrorism.
England have two Tests and three one-day internationals planned in Dhaka and Chittagong between October 7 and November 1 after the ECB confirmed this week the tour will go ahead.
Former England ODI batsman Loye, 43, was appointed high performance head coach by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in May 2015.
Last month's attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka saw 20 hostages and two police officers killed and was claimed by militant group Islamic State, but it was the shooting dead of an Italian man last September that first alarmed Loye.
He believes the Australia cricket team were the subject of a terror plot, prompting their decision to pull out of a planned tour last autumn.
"The week I left, the Australia team didn't turn up because the terrorists had planned to take us out when we had an event sorted with the touring team," said Loye.
"The Australian government saw the plans from the underworld guys about what was going to happen. The plans didn't work out for the terrorists because the Australia team didn't arrive there.
"The Italians got shot that week. The terrorists obviously thought they'd take a few people out while they were there. That was enough for me. I knew after the shootings that my freedom as a westerner had gone."
Loye expects England will be well protected in their series that spans October and November, and told the Mail on Sunday: "'I'm sure when the England boys get there, things will be sorted. I was a westerner on my own but the way the guys will be looked after, they should definitely go for it."