Bangladesh stabbing attack kills police officer
Unidentified knife-wielding attackers have killed a police officer and seriously injured another near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
The attack took place on Wednesday at a police checkpoint in the Ashulia suburb, 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of the capital, AFP reported.
"They stabbed two police constables with big knives. One of the constables was stabbed in his neck and he died after he was brought to a nearby hospital," said Mosfequr Rahman, assistant superintendent of police. The attackers fled on motorbikes, firing blank shots to try to create panic, he noted.
A police officer was likewise stabbed to death at a busy bus station in Dhaka last month.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Militant groups have targeted Muslims, Hindus, and Christians in Bangladesh over the past two years.
A gang of men carrying machetes and cleavers hacked to death Faisal Arefin Dipan, a publisher of secular books, at his office in Dhaka last Saturday.
The militant group al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the attack.
On October 24, a bomb attack rocked Hussaini Dalan, the most important prayer and congregation site for Bangladesh’s minority Shia community in Dhaka. The incident left at least one person dead and dozens of others injured.
The bombing came just weeks after an Italian aid worker and a Japanese farmer were shot dead in Bangladesh. The attacks were both claimed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
In February, Avijit Roy, a secular American blogger of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers at a crowded book fair in Dhaka.
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