Another Bangladesh blogger hacked to death in Dhaka

#Dhaka #Bangladesh #WashiqurRahman #AvijitRoy #blogger Another blogger Washiqur Rahman of Bangladesh has been hacked to death in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka near his home in Begunbari region. This brutal killing has come within a month of murder in broad daylight of another blogger. He was Avijit Roy, a US-blogger and he fell victim to a machete attack while he was visiting Dhaka.
He was a prominent atheist writer and had criticized religious intolerance.
This has been reported in bbc.com dated 30 March 2015.

Two students at an Islamic seminary have reportedly been arrested in connection of the death of Washiqur Rahman. He used to blog under a pen-name, Kucchit Hasher Channa, or Ugly Duckling and had criticized irrational religious beliefs. He was killed on a busy street in Dhaka and two suspects, armed with meat cleavers, were caught near the scene.
These suspects has told the police they had targeted Washiqur Rahman because of his anti-Islamic writing.
These deaths of Avijit Roy and Washiqur Rahman have brought forth concerns about freedom of speech in Bangladesh. Several secular-minded writers have been targeted in the country by militants.

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