DHAKA (Reuters) - Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Bangladesh on Thursday, killing a cleric and wounding three other people, the second attack on the country's tiny Shia Muslim community in a month.
Witnesses said three young men stormed into the mosque in northwestern Bogra district and shot at worshippers indiscriminately during prayers.
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