Dhaka: The United Kingdom has urged the Bangladesh authorities to bring the killers of recent murders, including that of Xulhaz Mannan and Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, to justice.

‘Deeply saddened by the senseless murders of Prof Karim, Tanay Fahim & Xulhaz Mannan in Bangladesh. The killers must be brought to justice,’ British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire tweeted.

Xulhaz and Tonoy were hacked to death in the capital on 26 April while Rajshahi University’s Professor Karim was murdered in Rajshahi on 23 April.