The Islamic State is at it again, their usual Killing

The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for an attack Saturday in which a Hindu tailor was hacked to death in central Bangladesh, the U.S.-based monitoring organization SITE Intelligence Group said. At least two machete-wielding assailants appeared in front of the tailoring shop of Nikhil Chandra Joardar in Tangail district’s Dubail village and attacked him around noon Saturday,
authorities said. The men fled on a motorbike. According to SITE, IS claimed to have killed Joardar because he had “blasphemed” the Prophet Muhammad. In 2012, Joardar was beaten up by local Muslims who alleged that he had abused the Prophet Muhammad in a comment.

“Following complaint from Muslims, Joardar was arrested and he spent about a month in jail. The attack on him with machetes resembles the previous killings of the (secular) bloggers and activists,” Aslam Khan, a local police official stated. “We are going to investigate if his killing had any connection with the incidents of 2012," Khan said. Police at this point cannot confirm if any militant group was involved in this killing, he added.

Joardar’s killing on Saturday marks Bangladesh's fifth fatal hacking case in April in which Islamists are suspected to have been involved. After a law student known for his secular views was hacked to death earlier this month, a university teacher was also killed in a machete attack. And on Monday, two LGBT rights activists, one of whom was a U.S. Embassy employee, were murdered in Dhaka by a machete-wielding gang.

IS has claimed responsibility following several killings of secular bloggers and activists.

Source: VOA