A Hindu man’s house and a temple in Lohagra, Narail, Bangladesh were torched on Friday allegedly over a Facebook post.
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A Hindu man’s house and a temple in Lohagra, Narail, Bangladesh, were torched over a Facebook post allegedly insulting Islam, in the latest incident of violence targeting religious minorities in the country. Went. The attackers also pelted stones.
Haran Chandra Paul, an inspector at the local police station, said police fired warning shots to disperse the mob, who ransacked several houses and set one of them on fire in Digholia village on Friday evening.
Haran said a young man posted something on Facebook, which caused anger among Muslims, who later carried out the attack. The police took youth Akash Saha and his father Ashok Saha into custody.
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