DHAKA – Gunmen have attacked worshippers at a Shi’ite mosque in Bangladesh, killing one and injuring three others, police said.

The attackers entered the mosque in Shibganj, some 125 kilometres north of Dhaka, during early evening prayers and opened fire on the gathered worshippers before fleeing the scene.

TV footage showed the heavily guarded Shi’ite mosque with broken windows and blood stains on the floor.

“So far the Muazzin has died after he was hit by bullets. The attackers entered the mosque and fired indiscriminately,” local police chief M. Asaduzzaman told AFP, referring to the mosque official who does the call to prayer.

Police official Abdul Karim told AFP: “Three other worshippers were injured after three or four unidentified assailants fired at 15 to 18 Shiite Muslims as they were praying inside a mosque.”

No one has been arrested, police said.

Police have launched an investigation into the attack, local police officer Ahsan Habib said, adding that the motive was still not clear.