An Italian priest sits wounded in a hospital after being shot in Dinajpur, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Dhaka, on November 18, 2015. (AFP)
Dhaka:
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for shooting and wounding an Italian priest in Bangladesh this week, according to a notice released today by the SITE Intelligence Group.
"Security detachments of soldiers of the Caliphate in Bangladesh carried out some unique operations (including). Targeting the Italian Crusader foreigner Piero Parolari," the terrorist monitoring organisation SITE quoted ISIS as saying.
"Security detachments of soldiers of the Caliphate in Bangladesh carried out some unique operations (including). Targeting the Italian Crusader foreigner Piero Parolari," the terrorist monitoring organisation SITE quoted ISIS as saying.
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