Bangladesh police are investigating
the murder of an Italian aid worker who was shot on Monday night. The
Islamic State group says it carried oot the attack, shooting dead Cesare
Tavella, 50, in the capital Dhaka’s diplomatic quarter. Police
Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said Tavella was jogging when two attackers
fired at him from behind.
In its claim, IS warned that “citizens of the crusader coalition” would not be safe in Muslim nations. Police in Dhaka have not commented on the IS claim. Bangladesh has been struggling to respond to a recent rise in radical Islamist groups. Extremists have carried out a series of high-profile attacks on secular bloggers, hacking to death four bloggers – one a US citizen – so far this year. One group, Ansarullah Bangla Team, has reportedly threatened to kill secular bloggers and activists outside Bangladesh. The group was outlawed in May.
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