Bangladesh: Italian aid worker shot dead

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By Euronews

Published on 28/09/2015 - 23:39

An Italian aid worker has been shot dead in Bangladesh. 50-year-old Cesare Tavella worked for a Netherlands-based NGO. He was gunned down in Dhaka’s

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An Italian aid worker has been shot dead in Bangladesh. 50-year-old Cesare Tavella worked for a Netherlands-based NGO.

He was gunned down in Dhaka’s diplomatic quarter.

A statement has been posted online, claiming responsibility in the name of the self-titled group Islamic State.

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