BANGLADESH ARRESTS `MAIN SUSPECT IN BOY’S LYNCHING

Bangladesh police said that they had arrested the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy that provoked public outrage after video footage of the killing went viral. Authorities said they arrested Moyna Chowkidar, 38, on the outskirts of the Sylhet on Tuesday night, after receiving a tipoff from local residents. “Moyna is the prime accused in the murder of Samiul (Alam Rajon). He caught the boy and tied him to a pole with a rope and then brought him to other culprits,“ police chief Akhter Hossain said. “With his arrest, all four who tortured the boy to death have been arrested,“ he said.