Dhaka: European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon has strongly condemned the brutal killing of Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee and hoped that a thorough investigation will bring the instigators and perpetrators of this crime to justice.

‘Killings of academicians and intellectuals are irreparable losses to any society as a whole,’ he said in a statement on Sunday.

Mayaudon said the initial findings indicate that the crime was conducted by fanatics. ‘Should it be confirmed, this would be yet another terror attack in Bangladesh in a short period of time.’

He said it is comforting that students quickly expressed their rejection of this sickening aggression.  

Ambassador Mayaudon conveyed his condolences to the family of Rezaul Karim, a professor of English Department at Rajshahi University who was murdered on Saturday.