DHAKA, Bangladesh — More than 1,000 people gathered in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to remember an 8-year-old Bangladeshi boy who was killed in one of the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka. The boy, who was vacationing with his family, was the grandson of a top ruling Awami League party leader and former Cabinet minister who is a cousin of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He condemned extremism and said his grandson was a victim of the mindless campaign of violence that rocked Sri Lanka. Please save Bangladesh and the rest of the world from the extremists who campaign for violence,” the imam announced through loudspeakers. “Please help our honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina so that she can crush the extremists,” he said.

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2019 13:35 UTC