Elderly Buddhist Monk Hacked To Death In Bangladesh
MEP: A 75-year-old Buddhist monk has been hacked to death on Saturday in the south-eastern district of Bandarban in Bangladesh, police said.
“Villagers found Bhante (monk) Maung Shue U Chak’s dead body in a pool of blood inside the Buddhist temple this morning. He was hacked to death,” Jashim Uddin, deputy police chief of Bandarban, said.
The crime is the latest in a spate of murders of religious minorities, secular activists and academics.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
“We saw human footprints in the temple and found that four to five people entered the compound,” Uddin noted.
His killing follows the murder of two prominent gay activists, a law student and a university professor in April. Also in February a Hindu priest was beheaded in northern Bangladesh.
Investigations are underway.
