01 July 2016

Bangladesh killings: Hindu priest hacked to death

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. [BBC] Read more