Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Bangladesh Blogger Killings: Police Arrest Three Suspects.

Police in Bangladesh have arrested three people, including a UK citizen, over the murders of secularist bloggers Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das. Both were hacked to death earlier this year. Police say British-Bangladeshi Touhidur Rahman planned the killings.

Mr Rahman, an IT expert, is said to have links with a banned militant outfit, Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).
Police say his arrest will provide evidence about a total of four killings of secular bloggers this year.
The Bangladesh Daily Star reported that Touhidur Rahman was also the alleged financier of ABT.He and two others were detained last night in the Dhanmondi and Nilkhet areas of Dhaka.Bangladesh is officially secular but critics say the government has not done enough to stop the attacks.
Last week police arrested two other suspected members of over the killing of atheist blogger Niloy Neel. Mr Neel was hacked to death by a gang armed with machetes at his home in the capital Dhaka.
ABT
In March, another blogger, Washiqur Rahman, was hacked to death in Dhaka.

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