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A man holds a portrait of Bangladeshi professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, who was hacked to death by unidentified attackers, in Rajshahi on April 23, 2016.
(AFP Photo)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: The ISIS group claimed responsibility for the hacking to death of a university professor in Bangladesh on Saturday, accusing him of calling for atheism.
"Islamic State fighters assassinate a university teacher for calling to atheism in the city of Rajshahi in Bangladesh," the jihadist group's Amaq news agency said in a statement.
Police said professor Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was hacked from behind with machetes as he walked to a bus station in the northwestern city where he taught English at the city's public university.