DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday rejected the Islamic State group's assertion it was behind the murder of a liberal professor and said "local militants" were responsible.

Rezaul Karim Siddique was killed on Saturday by attackers wielding machetes, the latest in a series of murders of secular bloggers and liberal activists that has left the country reeling.

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