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29 March 2024

Gunmen kill Japanese in Bangladesh

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Masked assailants riding a motorbike shot and killed a Japanese man in northern Bangladesh on Saturday, police said, the second foreigner in a week to be gunned down in the South Asian country.

The incident took place at Mahiganj village in Rangpur district, said Rezaul Karim, a police official.

The victim was identified as Hoshi Kunio, around 50, Karim said, adding that Kunio had started a farm in Rangpur to produce grass.

Local residents said two bike-riding assailants shot three times at Kunio on Saturday morning, according to Karim.

Police have detained four people for questioning in the case, Karim said.

Kunio's body was taken to a state-run hospital in Rangpur. Officials at the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka could not immediately be reached for comment.

Saturday's killing took place five days after an Italian aid worker was killed by motorbike-riding assailants in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital.

The Daesh group claimed responsibility for that attack. The government, however, dismissed the claim, saying there was no evidence. It described the killing as an "isolated incident”.