Making Amends

Reports have it that at least two unknown assailants have hacked a Hindu tailor to death in central Bangladesh, amid a rise in attacks on religious minorities in the South Asian nation. Police officials said they were investigating whether Saturday’s killing in Tangail was linked to religious groups suspected of a series of minority killings, or was tied to a family dispute. Many of the killings have been blamed on or claimed by groups such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group.

A child has been pulled alive from the rubble after a building collapse in Nairobi killing at least seven people. The survivor was found 10 hours after the building collapsed on Friday night in the poor neighbourhood of Huruna as torrential rain lashed the Kenyan capital. Nairobi Deputy Governor, Jonathan Mueke, said an investigation would look into why the building collapsed. It is unknown how many people are still trapped in the debris. Reports say more than 120 people have been rescued and taken to hospital.