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Brutal killings of religious minorities continue unabated in Bangla
Desh. Any one who is a Christian, Hindu, Budhist or Non-Believer runs
a risk of violent deathat any time of the day in some parts of Bangla
Desh and the authorities are completely powerless to stop this
monstrous buitality.
Bobby
Bangladesh killings: Hindu priest hacked to death
•1 July 2016
A Hindu temple worker has been killed by three men on a motorcycle,
local police have said, the latest of dozens of brutal attacks in
Bangladesh.
Shaymanonda Das was preparing for morning prayers at a temple in the
south-western district of Jhenaidah when he was attacked.
Police said he was hacked on the neck several times with machetes.
More than 40 people have been killed in attacks blamed on Islamist
militants in Bangladesh since February 2013.
That includes secular bloggers, academics, gay rights activists and
members of religious minorities.
Who is behind the Bangladesh killings?
Hundreds arrested in Bangladesh crackdown
Is extremism on the rise in Bangladesh?
Police said the motive behind the latest attack was not clear.
But local police station chief inspector Hasan Hafizur Rahman told AFP
news agency "the pattern of the killing is similar" to ones carried
out by local Islamist militants.
Last month, a 70-year-old Hindu priest was hacked to death in a rice
paddy field in the same district as Friday's attack.
The government says it has launched a drive against militants by
arresting thousands of people.
Some of the killings have been claimed by so-called Islamic State or
al-Qaeda linked groups.
However, the government has disputed these claims, and says IS does
not have a presence in the country.
Instead, government members have blamed opposition parties and local
Islamist groups. Bangladesh's home minister has suggested an Israeli
link to the killings, describing an "international conspiracy" against
Bangladesh.
Both the opposition and the Israeli government have denied any
involvement - and Israel described the accusations as "utter drivel".
This week, Bangladeshi police charged seven people, including an
opposition politician, over the murder of an Italian aid worker who
was shot dead in Dhaka in late September.
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Desh. Any one who is a Christian, Hindu, Budhist or Non-Believer runs
a risk of violent deathat any time of the day in some parts of Bangla
Desh and the authorities are completely powerless to stop this
monstrous buitality.
Bobby
Bangladesh killings: Hindu priest hacked to death
•1 July 2016
A Hindu temple worker has been killed by three men on a motorcycle,
local police have said, the latest of dozens of brutal attacks in
Bangladesh.
Shaymanonda Das was preparing for morning prayers at a temple in the
south-western district of Jhenaidah when he was attacked.
Police said he was hacked on the neck several times with machetes.
More than 40 people have been killed in attacks blamed on Islamist
militants in Bangladesh since February 2013.
That includes secular bloggers, academics, gay rights activists and
members of religious minorities.
Who is behind the Bangladesh killings?
Hundreds arrested in Bangladesh crackdown
Is extremism on the rise in Bangladesh?
Police said the motive behind the latest attack was not clear.
But local police station chief inspector Hasan Hafizur Rahman told AFP
news agency "the pattern of the killing is similar" to ones carried
out by local Islamist militants.
Last month, a 70-year-old Hindu priest was hacked to death in a rice
paddy field in the same district as Friday's attack.
The government says it has launched a drive against militants by
arresting thousands of people.
Some of the killings have been claimed by so-called Islamic State or
al-Qaeda linked groups.
However, the government has disputed these claims, and says IS does
not have a presence in the country.
Instead, government members have blamed opposition parties and local
Islamist groups. Bangladesh's home minister has suggested an Israeli
link to the killings, describing an "international conspiracy" against
Bangladesh.
Both the opposition and the Israeli government have denied any
involvement - and Israel described the accusations as "utter drivel".
This week, Bangladeshi police charged seven people, including an
opposition politician, over the murder of an Italian aid worker who
was shot dead in Dhaka in late September.
--
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