ISIS Affiliate Claims Attack at Bangladesh Shiite Mosque

It follows a wave of deadly assaults this year

(NEW DELHI) — An ISIS affiliate in Bangladesh says it was behind an attack on a Shiite mosque that killed one man and wounded three others.

A statement posted on ISIS-affiliated Twitter accounts Friday says that the mosque was hit by a barrage of shots fired from machine guns.

At least five assailants fired on worshippers during evening prayers Thursday at the mosque in northern Bangladesh. A mosque official in his 70s who had been leading the prayers was killed.

The statement says the attack had “targeted a place of worship for the apostates” and vowed more such attacks.

It follows a wave of deadly assaults this year on foreigners, secular writers and the Shiite community in the Sunni-majority nation of 160 million.