The Embassy of France is deeply shocked and saddened by the three recent murders in Bangladesh, it says in a press release.

Calling for swift investigations into the recent murders and bringing the culprits to justice, the European Union and three other

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat has said what have been happening in Bangladesh are not its “characteristics” at all.

Some important documents left behind by the killers of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy include a list of targets, police said.

Strongly denouncing the recent killings, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she does not want such incidents to happen anymore in the country.

Expressing concern over the rise in murders and violent attacks in Bangladesh, the US, the UN, the UK, Germany, Norway and Denmark have called for effective and speedy investigations into the incidents to bring the perpetrators to justice.