Japanese man shot dead in Bangladesh

A Japanese national has been shot dead in an attack claimed by Daesh in Bangladesh days after an Italian aid worker was murdered by the Takfiri terrorist group.

Hoshi Kunio, a 66-year-old Japanese citizen, was riding in a rickshaw in Kaunia in Rangpur district, a northern Bangladesh town, when he was shot dead by gunmen at about 10:30 am local time (04:30 GMT) on Saturday.