Unidentified assailants kill a Japanese national in Rangpur

A Japanese national has been gunned down in Bangladesh’s northern district of Rangpur. This has happened within a week of the murder of an Italian citizen.

Unknown assailants fired at the Japanese man, who the police identified only as ‘Oci Koniyo’, at Kawnia Upazila’s Alutari Nachniya area .

Kawnia police OC Rezaul Karim said they are seeking detailed identity of the murdered Japanese.

The body has been kept at the Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, he said.