Bangladesh 逮捕(する)s Islamists over Hindu priest 殺すing

Bangladesh police have 逮捕(する)d three 地元の Islamists over the decapitation of a 最高の,を越す Hindu priest, the 最新の attack 的ing 宗教的な 少数,小数派s in the イスラム教徒-大多数 nation, officers said Monday.

The Islamic 明言する/公表する (IS) group has (人命などを)奪う,主張するd 責任/義務 for the attack inside the 寺 コンビナート/複合体 on Sunday in the country's north, but 地元の police said there was no 証拠 to 示唆する the jihadist group was 伴う/関わるd.

"We've 逮捕(する)d three people for 尋問," said Babul Akhter, police 長,指導者 of Debiganj area where the attack happened.

A policeman stands guard where a top Hindu priest was killed in the remote northern district of Panchagarh, Bangladesh on February 21, 2016

A policeman stands guard where a 最高の,を越す Hindu priest was killed in the remote northern 地区 of Panchagarh, Bangladesh on February 21, 2016

Two members of banned 交戦的な group Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and an 行動主義者 with Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's largest Islamist 政党, were 逮捕(する)d 夜通し Sunday. Police did not give 詳細(に述べる)s of their 申し立てられた/疑わしい 関与 in the attack.

"The IS group has 以前 (人命などを)奪う,主張するd 責任/義務 for attacks on 少数,小数派s. But we 港/避難所't 設立する any 証拠 確認するing their link. Rather we have 設立する JMB was behind these 殺人,大当りs," Akhter told AFP.

Two unknown men 武装した with ピストルs and cleavers attacked Jogeswar Roy as he was arranging 祈りs at the 寺 in Debiganj town, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of the 資本/首都 Dhaka, police have said.

Two 充てるs were also 負傷させるd in the attack, 含むing one who was 発射 as he tried to save the priest, they have said.

US-based 監視するing organisation SITE has 報告(する)/憶測d that the IS group said in a 声明 it is behind the 殺人.

Bangladesh has seen an 沸き立つ in attacks on 少数,小数派s 含むing Shiites, Sufis, Christians and Ahmadis by Islamist 交戦的な groups.

The 政府 拒絶するs the IS group's (人命などを)奪う,主張するs of 責任/義務 for several of the attacks, 含むing the 狙撃s of two foreigners last year.

総理大臣 Sheikh Hasina's 世俗的な 政府 instead 告発する/非難するs the JMB, other 地元の 交戦的な groups 同様に as the Islamist-連合した political 対立 of trying to destabilise the country.

A long-running political 危機 has radicalised 対抗者s of the 政府 and 分析家s say Islamist 極端論者s 提起する/ポーズをとる a growing danger.

Hindus, the country's largest 少数,小数派, (不足などを)補う nearly 10 パーセント of Bangladesh's 160 million people.

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