Police arrest thousands after series of murders

Police in Bangladesh have arrested 3,245 people in the past 24 hours, as security forces continue their crackdown on those suspected to involve in the slayings of secular activists and religious minorities. The total number of suspects arrested since the campaign began on Friday stands at 8,192, police spokesman Kamrul Ahsan said on Monday. At […]

Police in Bangladesh have arrested 3,245 people in the past 24 hours, as security forces continue their crackdown on those suspected to involve in the slayings of secular activists and religious minorities.
The total number of suspects arrested since the campaign began on Friday stands at 8,192, police spokesman Kamrul Ahsan said on Monday.
At least 103 of those arrested were tied to the spate of killings targeting religious minorities and secular activists, with about 6,000 on other charges related to firearms, drugs, and other offences, police said.
Over the past week, an elderly Hindu priest, a Hindu monastery worker, and a Christian shopkeeper were hacked to death in attacks for which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group claimed responsibility.