Professor Hacked to Death by Suspected Islamist Militants in Bangladesh

Officials in northwestern Bangladesh say attackers have hacked to death a university professor. Authorities say several assailants with machetes attacked Rezaul Karim Siddique from behind early Saturday as he awaited a bus near his home in the city of Rajshahi. The 58-year-old English professor was an adviser to several cultural programs. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack and a motive was not immediately known. But police say the brutal murder is similar to other hacking...

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