Wife of Bangladeshi anti-terrorism policeman stabbed, shot dead

Three assailants riding a motorcycle stabbed and then shot Mahmuda Aktar, 33, while she was on her way to put her son onto a school bus near her home in the southeastern port city of Chittagong, police said. BRIEFCASE 1 Wife of a cop known for battling Islamist extremism shot dead. 2 Assailants riding bike stabbed and then shot Mahmuda Aktar. 3 Government launches security crackdown on militant groups. The...

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'Bombs Everywhere': Mathura Cult's Children Were Trained In Arms

NDTV spoke to three children who recounted the horror of Mathura clashes A cult at the centre of deadly clashes in Mathura that was running a parallel judicial system and had its own constitution, jails and several "battalions" of soldiers, also gave arms training to children, a senior police officer has said."Children as young as eight years old were being given training in arms," senior police officer DC Mishra told AFP news agency.Some...

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