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| Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
chairperson Khaleda Zia on Feb 23 condemned the recent killing of a Hindu priest
describing it as an "evil" act.
"I, in the possible strongest
terms, condemn and deplore the attack and the killing of a member of a minority
religious community. They are also peace loving citizens of this soil and have
the right to live in this country," Begum Zia said.
In the latest incident on Feb 21, five or six attackers cut the throat of priest Jogeshwar
Roy, 55, as he was organising prayers at the Deviganj temple near Panchagarh,
494 km (308 miles) north of the capital, Dhaka.
They also shot and wounded a devotee
who went to his aid.
Islamic State claimed responsibility
in a statement issued via social media but police said the attack was
perpetrated by a local militant group.
The government denies that Islamic
State has a presence in the Muslim-majority country of 160 million people and
police have blamed earlier attacks on home-grown Islamist militants.
Foreigners, secular writers and publishers have been killed in recent months
and mosques and Hindu temples have been bombed.
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