The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s murder of a homeopath in Bangladesh’s western Kushtia town, according to U.S.-based terror monitoring group SITE Intelligence.
Sanaur Rahman was riding a motorcycle with his friend Saif uz-Zaman, an assistant professor of Bengali department at Kusthia’s Islami University, on Friday morning when they were attacked by at least three men. Zaman, badly injured, is being treated in a Dhaka hospital.
“Fighters from the Islamic State assassinated a doctor who called to Christianity in Kushtia, western Bangladesh,” the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency said in a brief Arabic message, according to SITE. However, there are no reports the victim was calling to Christianity.
Fans of Baul musicPolice and locals said the pair were both fans of the mystical Baul music, which is popular in parts of Bangladesh, and often opposed by Islamist extremists. The murder followed a now-familiar pattern witnessed in the murders of teachers, bloggers and online activists in recent months.
IS had earlier claimed responsibility for attacks on two foreigners, and a university professor. Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has also claimed some of the attacks.
