At least one worshiper has been killed and three others have been injured in a shooting attack by Takfiri Daesh terrorists on Shia Muslims at a mosque in northern Bangladesh.
Police said five assailants were involved in the attack in the town of Haripur on Thursday evening.
An official in his 70s, who was leading the prayers at the mosque, was fatally shot and died on the spot. Three others were transferred to a nearby hospital to receive medical treatment for gunshot wounds.
Police officials said a search operation is underway to arrest the perpetrators of the attack.
Meanwhile, security officials in Bangladesh said they had killed the mastermind of a terrorist bombing in October, identified only as al-Bani, during a gunfight in a suburb of the capital, Dhaka, on Thursday morning.
