Top Shia preacher killed in attack claimed by ISIS in Bangladesh

doctor has been stabbed to death in southwestern Bangladesh in an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State

A top Shia preacher and homeopathic doctor has been stabbed to death in southwestern Bangladesh in an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State group, the latest in a series of killings by the dreaded outfit in Bangladesh.

Abdul Razzak, 48, was hacked to death by unidentified men last night when he was returning home from his shop in Kaliganj town in Jhenaidah district.

Razzak was a loyal Shia preacher, said Feroz Hussain, headmaster of nearby Bejpara Higher Secondary School. “He was an honest man, often preached religion.”Razzak’s wife Shahnaj Parvin said.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the killing, the Daily Star reported, but police rejected the claim.

ISIS has claimed a series of attacks against religious minorities in the Sunni-majority Bangladesh, which was declared officially secular after a deadly liberation struggle against Pakistan in 1971.