ICC Note:

As a wave of violence against non-Muslims in Bangladesh continues, unidentified assailants attack Christian homes in a majority Christian area in Baghadanga Girjapara. According to reports, the assailants hurled homemade bombs at Christian homes injuring two Christian men. This attack marks the latest incident in a string of attacks on non-Muslims in Bangladesh. Christians, Hindus, Atheists, and bloggers have been targeted by Muslim extremists using deadly violence. Will Bangladesh’s authorities take the necessary steps to end this violence or will Christians and other religious minorities continue to live in fear? 

5/4/2016 Bangladesh (Christian Today) – Unidentified assailants targeted the family’s house in a Christian-majority area of Baghadanga Girjapara with homemade bombs.

One man, Alam Mondol, 45, was injured outside his house and another man was wounded as he and other local villagers tried to force the attackers away.

“Mondol was injured after [wooden] splinters hit his left hand and hip,” local police chief Liaqat Hossain told AFP.

“Both the injured are Christians.”

Another officer, Chuadanga District Chief Rashidul Hasan, said they suspect the attackers were trying to rob the family, as they “tried to break into the house and demand money.”

This is the latest in a string of attacks on religious minorities in the Muslim-majority country.

A recent spate of extremist violence has challenged Bangladesh’s status as a moderate Muslim country. ISIS and al-Qaeda have claimed a series of attacks on atheists and religious minorities since September.

Last week an English professor, Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, was hacked to death by Islamic extremists. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

Similarly, ISIS claimed to have killed Christian convert Hossain Ali, 68, on March 22 while he was walking in the town of Kurigram, saying it was a “lesson to others”.

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