Unidentified assailants have shot to death another Hindu priest today at a temple in Bangladesh, confirmed police and senior administration.
Shaymanonda Das, 45, was brutally killed in front of a temple in Jhenaidah district headquarters, located 300 km south-west from the country's capital Dhaka.
Mahbubur Rahman, the chief of Jhenaidah district administration said, "He was preparing morning prayers with flowers at the temple early in the morning and that time three young people came by a motorbike and killed him with machetes and fled away."
Talking about the further investigation to Reuters, he added, "The nature of killing was similar with the local militants, but we cannot say more at the moment," quoted India Today.
Although Islamic State has taken responsibility for some recent killings in the past, officials have continuously denied the presence of the group, alleging that home-grown groups are behind the recent killings.
While the motive behind the shooting is still not known, the police have been unsuccessful in making any arrest so far.
Earlier, on June 7 a similar incident took place, in which a 70-year-old Hindu priest was killed, when he was riding a bicycle to Naldanga Bazar to perform puja, reported The Hindu.
Ananda Gopal Ganguly was attacked by three men who came on a motorcycle carrying sharp arms.
Later, his body was found in a rice field by some farmers near his village. The Islamic terror group then took responsibility for the attack.
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Apparently, Bangladesh has witnessed a spike in suspected Islamist attacks in the last two years. Its victims have primarily been bloggers, online activists, secular intellectuals, and members of religious minorities.
Previously, Amnesty International has also demanded a thorough and impartial investigation into these gory incidents and proclaimed that the government should "protect those still under threat."
The group added, "In the current climate of impunity, increasing numbers of people have reported facing threats that the authorities have repeatedly failed to address."
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