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Hindu priest hacked to death near temple in Bangladesh

In yet another deadly attack on religious minorities, a Hindu priest was hacked to death on Friday in Bangladesh.

Updated: July 1, 2016 12:29 PM IST

By India.com News Desk

Hindu priest hacked to death near temple in Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 1: In yet another deadly attack on religious minorities, a Hindu priest was hacked to death on Friday in Bangladesh. According to initial reports, the Hindu priest was hacked to death by 3 helmeted men, who were on motorcycle, in front of a temple in Jhinaidah district headquarter, 300 kms (188 miles) south west from the capital Dhaka.

Shaymanonda Das, who was a priest of the Radhamadan Gopal Bigraha Math in Jhenaidah district, was hacked to death when he was walking near a temple. According to Mahbubur Rahman, the chief of Jhenaidah district administration, 45-year old Das was preparing morning prayers with flowers at the temple when three men came on motorcycle and killed him. (ALSO READ: Bangladesh: Hindu monastery worker hacked to death, attack on minority on rise)

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the cause behind the murder was not known. Since the incident took place early morning, no eye-witness was reported so far. “The nature of killing was similar with the local militants, but we can not say more at the moment,” Mahbubur told the Reuters.

The Muslim-majority Bangladesh is reeling from a wave of murders of secular and liberal activists and religious minorities. The ISIS and al-Qaeda in Indian Peninsula have claimed responsibility for some of the attacks although the government denies their presence in Bangladesh. On June 10, 62-year-old Nityaranjan Pande was taking his routine morning walk when he killed by unknown attackers.

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