On June 7, 2016, a Hindu priest was hacked to death by three suspected Islamic State jihadists who nearly severed his head. In February, militants stabbed to death another Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid. There have been systematic assaults in Bangladesh in recent months specially targeting minorities, secular bloggers, intellectuals and foreigners. In April, a liberal professor was brutally hacked to death by machete-wielding IS militants who slit his throat near his home in Rajshahi city. The IS and al-Qaeda in Indian Peninsula have claimed responsibility for some of the attacks although the government denies their presence in Bangladesh.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2016 05:15 UTC