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Bangladeshi militants charged for shooting Italian missionary

A court in Bangladesh's northern Dinajpur district accepted on Friday a police charge sheet against seven suspected Islamic militants for shooting an Italian Catholic priest last year.  All those charged are from the banned local militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh, said investigating officer Bazlur Rashid of Dinajpur police. "The court has accepted a charge sheet against seven militants and ordered the release of three whose involvement in the case was not proved. We have already arrested four of the suspected militants and we continue our efforts to nab the three others," Rashid told Ucanews.Assailants on Nov. 18 shot 64-year-old Father Piero Parolari of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) while he was riding a bicycle on his way to the church-run St. Vincent Hospital in Dinajpur.  Father Parolari, a medical doctor, worked in the town for about 30 years, mostly in the hospital. He also helped at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Ch...

A court in Bangladesh's northern Dinajpur district accepted on Friday a police charge sheet against seven suspected Islamic militants for shooting an Italian Catholic priest last year.  All those charged are from the banned local militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh, said investigating officer Bazlur Rashid of Dinajpur police. 

"The court has accepted a charge sheet against seven militants and ordered the release of three whose involvement in the case was not proved. We have already arrested four of the suspected militants and we continue our efforts to nab the three others," Rashid told Ucanews.

Assailants on Nov. 18 shot 64-year-old Father Piero Parolari of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) while he was riding a bicycle on his way to the church-run St. Vincent Hospital in Dinajpur.  Father Parolari, a medical doctor, worked in the town for about 30 years, mostly in the hospital. He also helped at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in the town.  After he was shot, Fr. Parolari was treated in a local hospital and then was shifted to the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka for better treatment.  He is currently in Italy.

"Legal justice is a lengthy process in Bangladesh, yet we hope to see justice as the court has accepted the charge sheet,” Bishop Sebastian Tudu of Dinajpur told Ucanews.  “We expect justice to be delivered in the quickest possible time," he said.  The bishop said they would like to see the real culprits get punished and don't want the case to be a tool for political gains. 

Muslim-majority Bangladesh has seen a surge in Islamic militancy since 2013. Islamic militants have killed dozens of people, including secular bloggers, writers, academics, foreigners and those from religious minorities. In the worst attack, a group of Islamic militants, armed with assault rifles, bombs and swords, massacred 20 hostages in a Dhaka cafe on July 1.  (Source: UCAN)

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