Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh

July 01, 2016 17:01

A Hindu priest in Bangladesh was today brutally hacked to death by three machete-wielding assailants, the third priest from the community to be killed this year in the Muslim-majority nation which has seen a string of vicious attacks by Islamists on minorities and secular activists.

Shymanondo Das, in his mid 50s, was attacked by three assailants riding a motorcycle who hacked him while he was plucking flowers for morning prayers at a garden in the Radhamodon Gopal Moth premises in Jhenaidah, said Jbahar Ali Sheikh, additional superintendent of police in Jhenidah.

"Three motorbike-borne assailants attacked (priest) Shymanondo Das with machetes....doctors declared him dead at Jhinaidah Sadar Hospital," a police officer told PTI. "To make sure he died, they rained multiple blows on his head and neck with sharp weapons," a police official said.

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