ICYMI: Another Blogger Hacked To Death By Islamists With Meat Cleavers

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    BANGLADESH — A second blogger has been hacked to death in Bangladesh. 26-year-old Washiqur Rahman was brutally attacked with meat cleavers near his home in Dhaka. The victim later died from the injuries.

    Acording to police official Biplob Kumar Sarker, Two Islamist student have been arrested for the attack and another is being sought.

    From SKY News:

    It was not immediately known what Rahman’s blogging focussed on, but the suspects, both aged 20, told police they were targeting him due to his anti-Islamic writings, Mr Sarker said.

    One of the suspects also told reporters they attacked Rahman because he had disrespected the Prophet Mohammed.

    This story is developing.

    From Feb. 27, 2015: BLOGGER AVIJIT ROY MURDERED — Bangladeshi-born US citizen, Avijit Roy was killed after being attacked with machetes while walking through Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka. He was with his wife, who is also a blogger. She is in serious condition after her left hand fingers were severed in the knife attack.

    Roy was an atheist blogger who was highly critical of Islamic extremism.

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    According to Sky News:

    Police retrieved two blood-stained machetes from the site.

    The militant group Ansar Bangla 7 claimed responsibility for the attack, police said.

    Mr Roy “was the target because of his crime against Islam”, the group said on Twitter.

    Roy, who lived in the United States, came to Bangladesh on February 16 to attend the book fair and was scheduled to leave the country on February 29.

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