Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death by masked men. Police say masked men hacked a blogger and author to death near his home in northeastern Bangladesh while he was on his way to his job at a bank.
Rahmat Ullah, Police official said that Ananta Bijoy Das died instantly after the attack on Tuesday in Sylhet city.
Meanwhile it had not been immediately clear why he was targeted, but local media reported that he was close to Bangladeshi-American blogger and writer Avijit Roy who was killed in February, allegedly by Islamist extremists. Roy was known for his writings against religious fundamentalism.
Shahiduzzam Paplu, friend of Das told reporters that Das wrote blogs and books dealing with science, and that he also had written an introduction for a book by Roy.
Bureau Report
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