DHAKA: Bangladesh stepped up security for foreign diplomats and citizens after the killing of two foreigners within a week in attacks claimed by Islamic State, which has vowed similar further assaults in the Muslim-majority nation.
Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi, 65, was gunned down on Saturday by three masked men on a motorcycle while on his way to visit a grass farm project in the northern district of Rangpur, an attack similar to Tuesday’s shooting of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella.
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