Sumary of Attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh need to stop, says UN:
- “Recent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, fuelled by hate speech on social media, are against the values of the Constitution and need to stop,” Ms Seppo said.
- A widely circulated social media photo showed a copy of the Islamic religious book Quran allegedly kept at the feet of a Hindu deity at a religious gathering on the occasion of Durga puja (worship of goddess Durga) in Cumilla.
- Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Haseena vowed to punish the culprits and warned against any escalation of violence.