A statement posted on IS-affiliated Twitter accounts from Islamic State - Bangladesh said that the mosque was hit by a barrage of shots fired from machine guns.
At least five assailants fired on worshippers during evening prayers Thursday at the mosque in Haripur village in the Bogra district. A mosque official in his 70s who had been leading the prayers was killed.
Police on Friday detained two suspects for questioning, said local police official Arifur Rahman.
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www.huffingtonpost.com The deadly shooting follows a wave of attacks on foreigners, secular writers and the Shiite minority. |
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Gunmen attack during prayers at Bangladeshi Shi’ite mosque, one dead
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<< In Bangladesh, individuals radicalized in Wahhabi-funded mosques have coalesced under the fundamentalist organization Hefazat-e-Islam, which was implicated in the January 2014 incident when its members took to the streets in violent protests and demanded the implementation of Islamic law in Bangladesh.[9] >>
georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org Shah Ahmad Shafi, one of the founders of Hefazat-e-Islam. Wikimedia Commons. By Akhilesh Pillalamarri, Columnist. A new school of Islam from Saudi Arabia is ... |
http://georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org/2014/12/20/the-radicalization-of-south-asian-islam-saudi-money-and-the-spread-of-wahhabism/
georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org Shah Ahmad Shafi, one of the founders of Hefazat-e-Islam. Wikimedia Commons. By Akhilesh Pillalamarri, Columnist. A new school of Islam from Saudi Arabia is ... |
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