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Islamic Militant Kicks off Revenge Killing in Bangladesh

By Animesh Roul

Suspected Islamic militants have gunned down a senior government lawyer Hyder Hossain, who was conducted the case of the two Jhalakathi judges' killing by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen militants and instrumental in bringing six top JMB militants, including JMB chief Abdur Rahman and its second-in-command Siddiqul Islam to death. The militants were executed on March 30 in different prisons in Bangladesh. According to the Daily Star, citing witness accounts, four militants shot Hyder Hossain, former district Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, in the head when he came out of Kabarsthan mosque, Jhalakathi after eveining prayers, on April 11.

Soon after the executions, the outfit (JMB) claimed that they are observing two month (60-days) mourning in memory of its executed ringleaders.

Nevertheless, it seems that this is the beginning of a series of revenge attacks by the JMB militants.

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