Yesterday, October 3rd, a Japanese-born
man and farm worker, Kunio Hoshi, was shot in Kaunia, Bangladesh. The police
said that this was the second foreign national murder within a week’s time—the
first being an aid worker from Italy that was killed in Dhaka. Although the Islamic
State (IS) militants are claiming responsibility for both killings, the authorities
stated that they had not yet substantiated the claims. Journalists purport that
such violence against foreigners is unusual, but these incidents have occurred
in conjunction with brutal attacks on secular bloggers and have caused both the
United States and the United Kingdom to issue warnings to their citizens to exercise
caution regarding traveling to or in Bangladesh.
Since Dhaka is the same city where the bloggers have
been murdered recently and the home of the global hitlist, it is definitely a
dangerous place these days. One has to wonder about the strength of the militants
in this area and what it means not only for foreign-born and non-conformists,
but for all people living there.
Amanda Zgonina
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