American Critic of Islamic Fundamentalism Hacked to Death in Bangladesh
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DHAKA, Bangladesh—A Bangladeshi-born American blogger, known for his outspoken criticism of Islamic religious fundamentalism, was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday night, police said.
Authorities said Avijit Roy, a 42-year-old and a self-described atheist whose Mukto-Mona blog championed secularism and opposed religion in politics, was assaulted by a group of men when returning home from a book fair, according to a police complaint filed by Mr. Roy’s father.
On Friday, Mr. Roy’s wife, Rafida Ahmed, 35, who was also attacked and seriously injured, was being treated for multiple stab wounds in a Dhaka hospital, doctors said. Police said they are investigating and had recovered two machetes from the scene of the crime.
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In February 2013, Ahmed Rajib Haider, another blogger, was hacked to death near his home in a northern Dhaka suburb. In February 2004, Humayun Azad, a professor at Dhaka University was fatally stabbed on campus, on his way back from the annual book fair.
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