Sunday, April 24, 2016
Bangladesh: Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Brutal Killing of Professor
IS claimed responsibility for the attack through their mouthpiece Amaq news Agency, the SITE intelligence group reported.
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By Tess Owen | April 23, 2016
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the brutal death of a university professor in Bangladesh, who they allegedly targeted for his "call to atheism."
Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, taught English at Rajshahi University in Bangladesh's north-west. He was on his way to work when he was attacked by militants wielding machetes, who hacked him to death.
"By examining the nature of the attack, we suspect that it was carried out by extremist groups," Rajshahi's police commissioner, Mohammad Shamsuddin, said.
Deputy Police Commissioner Nahidul Islam told the Guardian that Siddique was involved in a number of cultural programs and had founded a music school in Bagmara in the Rajshahi district — which in the past has been a notorious hotbed of religious extremism.
IS claimed responsibility for the attack through their mouthpiece Amaq news Agency, the SITE intelligence group reported. [more ...]
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