A university professor was killed by a gang of ISIS sympathizers as he walked to work in northern Bangladesh.
AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, who was a professor of English at Rajshahi University, was attacked from behind by a gang with machetes and died on the spot from his injuries.
The Daily Mail reports:
The attackers used sharp weapons and fled the scene immediately, according to deputy police commissioner Nahidul Islam. ISIS have claimed responsibility for the horrific attack.
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The attack was similar to recent killings of atheist bloggers in Muslim-majority Bangladesh by radical Islamists.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites. No further details were available.
At least three other professors at Rajshahi University have been killed in recent years, allegedly by Islamist groups.
Sajidul Karim Siddique, a brother of the professor, said he was a ‘very quiet and simple man’ who was focused on studying and teaching.
He led a cultural group and used to edit a literary magazine.
‘So far as we know, he did not have any known enemies and we never found him worried,’ Sajidul said. ‘We don’t know why it happened to him.’
The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been cracking down on militant groups, which it blames for deadly attacks in the past year on secular bloggers, minority Shiites, Christians and two foreigners.
It accuses the opposition of supporting religious radicals in seeking to retaliate against the government for prosecuting suspected war crimes during the country’s 1971 independence war.
Some of the attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group, but the government dismisses those claims and says the Sunni extremist group has no presence in Bangladesh.
Following Saturday’s attack, hundreds of students and teachers marched on Rajshahi University’s campus and blocked a highway, demanding justice.
Amnesty International condemned the killing and said those responsible must be brought to justice.
‘The vicious killing is inexcusable and those responsible must be held to account,’ Amnesty’s South Asia director, Champa Patel, said in a statement.
‘This attack sadly fits the gruesome pattern established by Islamist extremist groups in Bangladesh who are targeting secular activists and writers.
‘The authorities must do more to put an end to these killings.
‘Not a single person has been brought to justice for the attacks over the past year.’
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