Communal violence: 1068 houses and business establishments attacked

After the fall of the Awami League government, there have been several incidents of attacks on the minority communities all over the country, particularly on the Hindu community.

At least 1,068 houses and business establishments of the minority community were damaged.

Most of the attacks took place in the country’s southwestern division Khulna .

There have been at least 10 attacks on ethnic minority communities in Dinajpur, Rajshahi , Naogaon , Chapainawabganj and Thakurgaon .

Archbishop Bejoy Nicephorus D’Cruze of the Roman Catholic Church in Dhaka said that those involved in the attacks must be identified and they are not punished.

The most attacks took place in Khulna division, the next highest numbers were attacked in Satkhira and Magura .

The minorities in Thakurgaon , Lalmonirhat and Panchagarh districts of this division came under the most attack.

The second largest attack was in Rangpur division.

78 houses and business establishments of the minority were vandalized and set on fire.

The most attacks in this division were in Rajshahi , Bogura and Naogaon districts.