Assailants Hack Blogger To Death; Victim Said To Be Target Of Islamists
August 07 2015
Another blogger has been killed in Bangladesh in the fourth such deadly attack this year, reports the Press Trust of India.
Niloy Neel was killed at his home in Dhaka in Friday by five machete-wielding attackers, said police. The man was known for his atheist views, reported the BBC.
Police said the assailants entered the apartment pretending to be potential tenants.
The attacker "hacked him to death. He was a listed target of the Islamist militants," said the Bangladesh...
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