DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Unidentified gunmen in southern Bangladesh shot and killed the prosecutor in the case of six Islamic militants who were convicted and executed in a bombing that killed two judges, a news report said Thursday. Assailants shot Hyder Hossain in the head at close range as he was returning home from a mosque after evening prayers, the United News of Bangladesh agency reported. | RAB is already putting in for overtime and getting the shutter gun out of storage |
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Hossain, 53, prosecuted a case against the militants of the outlawed Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh group who were charged in the 2005 bombing that killed two judges in Jhalakathi district, 75 miles south of the capital, Dhaka. The militants, including the group's leader, were hanged March 30.
On Tuesday, Hossain complained to a senior military official about frequent threats on his life, the report said. Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh wants to introduce Islamic Sharia laws in the Muslim-majority nation of 144 million people. It has been blamed for a series of bombings across the nation that have killed 26 people and wounded dozens since August 2005, police said. |