Islamic State claims it killed Bangladeshi academic
Prof Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, hacked to death in Rajshahi in attack similar to other murders of secular and atheist activists
Agence France-Presse in Dhaka
Saturday 23 April 2016 11.20 EDT
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for hacking to death a university professor in Bangladesh for “calling to atheism”.
The claim was reported by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites. No further details were available.
Prof Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was attacked from behind with machetes as he walked from his home to a bus station in the north-western city of Rajshahi, where he taught English at the public university, police said.
“His neck was hacked at least three times and was 70-80% slit,” said the Rajshahi police commissioner, Mohammad Shamsuddin. “By examining the nature of the attack, we suspect that it was carried out by extremist groups.”
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/23/bangladeshi-professor-hacked-to-death-rajshahi-islamists
