Bangladeshi policemen inspect at the site where a Japanese citizen was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Rangpur district, Bangladesh, Oct. 3, 2015. (Xinhua/Shariful Islam)
DHAKA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese national was shot dead in northern Bangladesh on Saturday, nearly a week after the murder of an Italian national in the capital of Dhaka, police said.
The victim was identified as Osikonio, 55.
Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge of Kaunia Police Station, said a group of miscreants opened fire at the Japanese man while he was walking in a street in the district of Rangpur at 10:45 a.m. local time (0445 GMT). He died later on way to the hospital.
The motive behind the killing could not be immediately known.
Cesare Tavella, 50, an official of the Netherlands-based non- governmental organization ICCO Cooperation, was shot dead on Sept. 28 in Dhaka's Gulshan diplomatic zone.
