Bangladesh: Spiritual leader hacked to death
The victim was identified as Shahidullah.
According to local media reports, the 65-year-old was found dead with gashes on the right shoulder and a slit throat in a mango orchard.
Police recovered the body.
Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Tanor Police Station, told The Daily Star, “It seems he was hacked first and then slaughtered.”
Several people, including bloggers and Hindu priests, have been killed by attackers in Bangladesh in the past one year.
Militant groups like ISIS have claimed responsibility for the incidents.
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