Another blogger hacked to death in Sylhet, Bangladesh

#MuktoMona #BangladeshiBlogger #Sylhet #AvijitRoy The murder of the third blogger Ananta Bijoy Das in Bangladesh indicates that a section of the people of that country is opposed to the freedom that bloggers usually enjoy in other countries. In the latest instance, a secular blogger has been hacked to death in north-eastern city of Sylhet in Bangladesh.
This is the third such deadly attack this year as reported in bbc.com dated 12 May 2015.
The individual was attacked by a masked gang who were wielding machetes.

The blogger blogged for Mukto-Mona – this website was, once upon a time, moderated by blogger Avijit Roy who was himself hacked to death in February. He was a Bangladeshi born US blogger and was critical of religious intolerance.
It may be recalled that he was killed in a machete attack while he was visiting the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. He was returning with his wife from a book fair in the city when he was attacked. His wife suffered head injuries and lost a thumb.
Later, in March, another blogger, Washiqur Rahman, was hacked to death in Dhaka.

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