Professor Hacked to Death in Bangladesh

A university professor was murdered in northwestern Bangladesh Saturday, in an attack similar to other killings by suspected Islamist militants. Rezaul Karim Siddique was hacked from behind as he waited for a bus near his home in the city of Rajshahi, apparently to go to the university campus. The 58-year-old English professor at Rajshahi University was also an advisor to several cultural programs. Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mohammad Shamsuddin told reporters that by...

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