Posted on 03/23/2016 1:55:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
Unidentified attackers hacked a Christian convert to death in northern Bangladesh Tuesday, amid growing attacks on religious minorities by suspected Islamist militants in the Muslim-majority country.
Police said at least two attackers stopped Hossain Ali while the 68-year-old was taking his regular morning walk in the town of Kurigram and then lunged at his neck with sharp weapons.
"He died on the spot. The attackers exploded a molotov cocktail to create panic and left the scene on a motorcycle," Kurigram district police chief Tobarak Ullah told AFP.
Ullah said Ali had converted to Christianity from Islam in 1999 but he was not sure whether the deadly attack was carried out by Islamists or if there was another motive.
"He was not a pastor or reputed Christian. Also there were some disputes over his family properties," Ullah said.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the killing.
But in recent months militants claiming to be soldiers of the Islamic State group have claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on converts and minorities including Shiite, Sufi and Ahmadi Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
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Amish again?
Must be!
[ Ullah said Ali had converted to Christianity from Islam in 1999 but he was not sure whether the deadly attack was carried out by Islamists or if there was another motive. ]
It was probably another motive, he prolly just took one rupee too many from the take a dinar leave a dinar tray at the local 711....
Can’t be Islam, can never be Islam... /EXTREME SARCASM
No asshole. Furthermore, innocent people getting slaughtered funny.
See #5
Nice adjective. Must be a Trumpeteer.
Islam is a sick, sick religion practiced by stooges and fools. Mohammed was a child-raping mass murderer.
The humour is directed at the press. Its gallous humour.The ambivalence left by the story invites cynicism.
Actually it’s ‘gallows’ humour with all due respect to my spelling teachers of the past.
Actually it’s ‘gallows’ humour with all due respect to my spelling teachers of the past.
The mainstream media is still waiting for the REAL reason that he was brutally murdered...
Yeah, I wondered what they do on the days when the market isn’t open.
Presumably Islamofascists. They should be eradicated. If a lot of others get killed along the way, well, that’s the sad reality of war. And make no mistake — it IS a war.
Now, I’d give the government there first crack. You act within a specified period or we will.
Wow, good thing that they have gun control laws there or he could have been shot.
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