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Islamist militants suspected in slaying of professor in Bangladesh
[LATIMES] Police in northwestern Bangladesh have found similarities between the killing of a university professor Saturday and recent slayings of bloggers and secular activists by Islamist turbans.Rezaul Karim Siddique, an English professor at Rajshahi University, was hacked to death when he went to catch a bus to campus around 7.30 a.m., police said. The attack took place near Siddique's house and was carried out by two assailants on a cycle of violence, police said citing witnesses. "Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique has been killed in the same way that the bloggers and online activists were slain," Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Shamsuddin told news hounds at the scene. "That leads to the suspicion that this might be the handiwork of radicals." Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... grabbed credit for the attack, accusing the professor of advocating for atheism, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors turban websites. The murderous Moslem group has claimed other attacks in Bangladesh, where a series of deadly assaults against secular bloggers, minority Shiites, Christians and two foreigners has spread fear in the past year. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-24 |
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