Daesh kills Hindu priest in Bangladesh

DHAKA: Suspected militants stabbed to death a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh on Sunday, and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid.
Police said the attack was perpetrated by a local militant group, while Daesh claimed responsibility in a statement issued via social media.
Two assailants armed with pistols and cleavers attacked Jogeswar Roy, 45, the head priest of Sri Sri Sant Gourio Math, at his home in the temple on Sunday morning, officials said.
“They slit his head from the body at the verandah of his home inside the temple,” said Shafiqul Islam, a government administrator in the sub-district Debiganj where the temple is located.
“We recovered a blood-stained cleaver from the spot,” he said.
Two devotees were wounded in the attack including one who was shot as he tried to save the priest, he added.
District police chief Gias Uddin Ahmed said police had launched a hunt for the attackers and security checkposts had been set up across the district.
The banned group is believed to have been behind an attack on an Italian Catholic priest in the neighboring district of Dinajpur late last year.
Bangladesh has seen an upsurge in attacks on minorities my militant groups.