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Assailants hack Buddhist monk to death in Bangladesh
Police in Bangladesh reports that an elderly Buddhist monk named Mongsowe U Chak was hacked to death by unknown assailants at his isolated temple.
Reports say the lifeless body of the 75-year-old was found in his temple where he lived alone in the Naikkhangchhari village, about 338 kilometres (211 miles) southeast of Dhaka.
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According to the Police, the motive of Chak’s killing was still yet to be ascertained and no one had been arrested in connection with his murder.
The Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people has witnessed a surge in violent attacks over the past few months in which liberal activists, members of minority Muslim sects and other religious groups have been targeted by Islamist extremists.
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