The Daily Mail is reporting that a blogger in Bangladesh was murdered by Muslims who used meat cleavers to hack him to death in front of his wife. Two of the suspects caught by police say it was because of his anti-Islamic writings:
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A Bangladeshi policeman escorts Jikrullah (left) and Ariful Islam, two of the three attackers suspected of killing blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu
A blogger was hacked to death by three Muslim attackers in Bangladesh’s capital because of his anti-Islamic writings, police said today.
Washiqur Rahman Babu was declared dead as he was taken to a government hospital shortly after being attacked in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area.
Two suspects were captured and three meat cleavers were recovered, Dhaka Metropolitan Police official Biplob Kumar Sarker said.
The captured suspects were students at separate Islamic schools and the third suspect fled the scene, he added.
The killing took place a month after a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death in Dhaka.
It was not immediately known what sort of blogging Babu did, Sarker said, adding that the suspects told police that they targeted him for his anti-Islamic writings.
Local media reported that Babu had a Facebook page that contained the line ‘Iamavijit’, meaning he was a follower of Avijit Roy, the Bangladeshi-American blogger hacked to death last month.
Roy, a Bangladesh-born U.S. citizen, died after he was attacked on Dhaka University campus when he was leaving a book fair with his wife.
The scene following the attack on the couple shows Ms Ahmed covered in blood. An obscure militant group, Ansar Bangla 7, claimed responsibility for the attack it said was in retaliation for his ‘crime against Islam’
A previously unknown militant group, Ansar Bangla 7, claimed responsibility for the attack.
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