DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger
known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death
as he walked through Bangladesh's capital with his wife, police said
Friday.
The attack Thursday night on Avijit Roy, a
Bangladesh-born U.S. citizen, occurred on a crowded sidewalk as he and
his wife, Rafida Ahmed, were returning from a book fair at Dhaka
University. Ahmed, who is also a blogger, was seriously injured. It was
the latest in a series of attacks on secular writers in Bangladesh in
recent years.
A previously unknown militant group, Ansar Bangla
7, claimed responsibility for the attack, Assistant Police Commissioner
S.M. Shibly Noman told the Prothom Alo newspaper.
Roy "was the target because of his crime against Islam," the group said on Twitter.
Roy was a prominent voice against religious intolerance, and his family and friends say he had been threatened for his writings. Read More...
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