IS affiliate claims responsibility for attack on mosque

An Islamic State group affiliate in Bangladesh said on Friday it was behind an attack on a Shiite mosque in the country's north that killed one man and wounded three others.

A statement posted on IS-affiliated Twitter accounts from Islamic State-Bangladesh said that the mosque was hit by a barrage of shots fired from machine guns.

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