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| Bangladesh Arrests Islamists for Slashing Pastor's Throat | |
| 2015-10-14 | |
[AnNahar] Bangladesh police said Monday they had locked awayDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! five Islamists for the attempted murder of a Christian pastor whose throat was slashed in the latest of a string of attacks blamed on religious hard boys.
One of those arrested was suspected of having attacked Sarker before making his getaway on the back of a cycle of violence, while the other four were believed to have been involved in plotting the attack. "They carried out the attack to draw international attention and destabilize the country," district police chief Alamgir Kabir told Agence La Belle France Presse. Sarker, who runs a church in the mainly Muslim northwestern town, was attacked on October 5 while trying to respond to a question about Christianity. He was rushed to hospital but medical officials say he is now recovering. The attack came only days after gunnies rubbed out an Italian aid worker and a Japanese farmer. The 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.... organization has grabbed credit for both of those killings. Attacks on Christians, who make up less than one percent of Bangladesh's 160 million people, are rare although 10 people were killed in 2001 when Islamists bombed a church in the southern district of Gopalganj. Experts say Islamist hard boyz pose a growing danger in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, warning that a long-running political crisis has radicalized opponents of the government. The liquidation of four atheist bloggers since the turn of the year undermines the government's efforts to play down the threat posed by hardliners, experts say. The JMB killed 28 people in 2005 when they carried out a series of kabooms on courts. While its top leaders were subsequently executed for the bombings, police say the JMB is now regrouping. | |
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