A decorated anti-terror officer's wife, Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, was killed by three men close to her home on the way to drop her son off at the school bus stop. This attack was brutal - Mitu was stabbed eight times and shot in the back of the head. The police believe this to be revenge on Mitu's husband, Babul Akter, who is a prominent figure in the anti-terror movement in Bangladesh. Akter was the mastermind behind many high-profile operations against the Islamist terror group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). Due to these operations, Akter faced many threats and therefore this brutal crime is considered to be militant revenge. Sadly, Akter's wife is not the only one who has faced death in recent days - over the span of 14 months there have been 35 attacks carried out by terror groups. While some police officers are working hard to combat this violence, Amnesty International has recently stated that the Bangladesh authorities are not discouraging the killings. These awful events will hopefully be diminished over the next few months - if not, other countries and the international community may have to interfere.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/05/asia/bangladesh-officer-wife-killed/index.html
Haley Kuck
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