Protest in Bangladesh after blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death
1 March 2015 3:18 PM IST1 March 2015 3:18 PM IST
Protest in Bangladesh after blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka to denounce the murder of a prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death with machetes after he allegedly received threats from Islamists. (Photo: AP)- Roy, a US citizen, is the second Bangladeshi atheist blogger to have been murdered in two years and the fourth writer to have been attacked since 2004. (Photo: AP)
- But the atheist writer's family said he had received numerous threats from Islamists before his death. (Photo: AP)
- No one has yet claimed responsibility for the vicious attack, which also seriously wounded the 44-year-old's wife and has shocked many in a country already reeling from weeks of violent political protest. (Photo: AP)
- They chanted slogans including "We want justice" and "raise your voice against militants". (Photo: AP)
- The demonstrators - including teachers, publishers and fellow writers - met near the spot where Avijit Roy, founder of Mukto-Mona (Free-mind) blog, was attacked by unknown assailants as he returned home from a book fair with his wife. (Photo: AP)
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka to denounce the murder of a prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death with machetes after he allegedly received threats from Islamists. (Photo: AP)
Protest in Bangladesh after blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death
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