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| Bangladesh Hindu hacked to death in Tangail | Bangladesh Hindu hacked to death in Tangail |
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| A Hindu tailor has been hacked to death in a district of central Bangladesh, police say, the latest of a number of Islamist killings in the country. | |
| Nikhil Joarder, who was in his early 50s, was attacked as he sat outside his shop in Tangail on Saturday afternoon. | Nikhil Joarder, who was in his early 50s, was attacked as he sat outside his shop in Tangail on Saturday afternoon. |
| Police said he had been arrested in 2012 for allegedly making derogatory comments about Islam, then released. | Police said he had been arrested in 2012 for allegedly making derogatory comments about Islam, then released. |
| Islamic State claimed the attack although the authorities deny the group is active in the country. | Islamic State claimed the attack although the authorities deny the group is active in the country. |
| A number of similar recent killings in Bangladesh have been claimed by various Islamist militant groups. | A number of similar recent killings in Bangladesh have been claimed by various Islamist militant groups. |
| On Monday, Xulhaz Mannan, a leading gay rights activist and editor at the country's only LGBT magazine, was hacked to death along with another man in his Dhaka flat. | On Monday, Xulhaz Mannan, a leading gay rights activist and editor at the country's only LGBT magazine, was hacked to death along with another man in his Dhaka flat. |
| A Bangladeshi militant group affiliated to al-Qaeda, Ansar al-Islam, said it was behind those killings. | A Bangladeshi militant group affiliated to al-Qaeda, Ansar al-Islam, said it was behind those killings. |
| Last year, four prominent secular bloggers were also killed with machetes. | Last year, four prominent secular bloggers were also killed with machetes. |
| The four bloggers had all appeared on a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" drawn up by Islamist groups in 2013 and widely circulated. | The four bloggers had all appeared on a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" drawn up by Islamist groups in 2013 and widely circulated. |
| Who is being targeted? | |
| The grim list of those who have fallen victim to attacks by Islamist militants in Bangladesh is growing ever diverse. | |
| Secular bloggers, academics, gay rights activists, and members of religious minorities including Shia, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims, Christians and Hindus have all been killed, many of them hacked to death. | |
| That a university professor whose family said believed in God could also be murdered suggests the list of those at risk has widened further. | |
| Who exactly is behind the attacks remains murky. Bangladesh has myriad extremist groups and there have been few convictions over the attacks. | |
| Bangladesh has disputed claims by so-called Islamic State or al-Qaeda-linked groups for the attacks, instead often blaming opposition parties or local Islamist groups. | |
| But until the killings stop the government itself will face accusations of not doing enough to protect minorities in the Sunni-dominated nation. |