- The latest in a series of suspected Islamist attacks in Bangladesh, machete-wielding assailants hacked to death a village doctor and wounded a university teacher in western Bangladesh on Friday.
- The attackers rode a motorcycle, which they used to block the victims, Mir Sanaur Rahman and Saifuzzaman, before hacking them to death, local police chief Mohammad Sahabuddin Chowdhury revealed.
- Over the past year, the muslim-majority nation has seen a surge in violent attacks that have targeted atheist bloggers, academics, religious minorities and foreign aid workers.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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