Christian shopkeeper hacked to death at Natore in Bangladesh

Dhaka: A Christian shopkeeper was hacked to death on Sunday in Bangladesh’s Natore district. Police said 60-year-old Sunil Gomes was attacked and murdered inside his shop, which is adjacent to his home, bdnews24 reported. [caption id=“attachment_2818104” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File photo of Bangladesh photo. Reuters[/caption] “Family members rushed to the shop when they heard him screaming and found him in a pool of blood. He was taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared him dead,” a senior police official said. The past two months have seen in various parts of Bangladesh the murders of a secular activist, a professor accused of being an atheist, two gay activists, two Hindu traders, a Sufi spiritual leader, a Buddhist monk and a homeopathic doctor accused of promoting Christianity.