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Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.
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Main Suspect In Avijit Roy Murder Case Killed By Bangladesh Police
Bangladesh police today killed an extremist with a bounty of Taka 500,000 on his head for murdering secular bloggers, as authorities stepped up their nationwide crackdown on extremists in the Muslim-majority nation that has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and activists.
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Hours After Attack on Bloggers, Atheist Publisher Hacked to Death in Dhaka
A Bangladesh publisher who worked with atheist writers was hacked to death in the capital Dhaka today, just hours after two secular bloggers and another publisher were attacked in a separate incident.
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Bangladesh Arrests Masterminds Behind Bloggers' Murders
Three persons have been arrested in Dhaka for the murder of Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das, the two secular bloggers who were brutally murdered in Bangladesh earlier this year.
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4 Booked in Bangladesh Blogger Hacking Case
A murder case has been filed against four suspected Islamist terrorists in connection with the brutal killing of a secular Bangladeshi blogger who was hacked to death after the assailants entered his flat in Dhaka posing as potential tenants.
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Photographer Arrested Over Bangladesh Blogger Murder
Bangladesh police said today they have arrested a photo-journalist over the murder of an atheist blogger hacked to death last month by a masked gang wielding machetes.
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Local Al-Qaeda Claims February Murder of US Citizen in Bangladesh: Intelligence Group
The leader of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the murder of a US citizen hacked to death in Bangladesh in February and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in the region, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Branch Claims Murder of Bangladesh-Born US Blogger
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
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Wife of US Blogger Who Was Killed Urges 'Thorough' Bangladesh Probe
The wife of a US blogger who was killed by suspected Islamic militants while visiting Bangladesh said on Wednesday that she had suffered brain injuries during the attack and called on Dhaka authorities to "pursue a thorough investigation."
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Bangladesh Arrests Chief Suspect in US Blogger Avijit Roy's Murder
Bangladesh's elite security force said they had arrested an Islamist on Monday over last week's murder of the atheist American blogger Avijit Roy, accusing him of being behind earlier death threats on social media.
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Dhaka Pays Last Respects to Murdered Bangladeshi-American Blogger Avijit Roy
Dhaka paid its last respects today to Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy whose brutal murder earlier this week on a busy street in the city shocked the world.
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US Condemns 'Brutal Murder' of Blogger in Bangladesh
Washington Friday condemned the "brutality and cowardice" of the killing of an American blogger of Bangladeshi origin and called his murder an assault on the country's "proud tradition" of free speech.
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Bangladesh Activists Protest US Blogger Avijit Roy's Murder
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka on today to denounce the murder of a prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death with machetes after he allegedly received threats from Islamists.
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Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.
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Main Suspect In Avijit Roy Murder Case Killed By Bangladesh Police
Bangladesh police today killed an extremist with a bounty of Taka 500,000 on his head for murdering secular bloggers, as authorities stepped up their nationwide crackdown on extremists in the Muslim-majority nation that has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and activists.
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Hours After Attack on Bloggers, Atheist Publisher Hacked to Death in Dhaka
A Bangladesh publisher who worked with atheist writers was hacked to death in the capital Dhaka today, just hours after two secular bloggers and another publisher were attacked in a separate incident.
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Bangladesh Arrests Masterminds Behind Bloggers' Murders
Three persons have been arrested in Dhaka for the murder of Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das, the two secular bloggers who were brutally murdered in Bangladesh earlier this year.
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4 Booked in Bangladesh Blogger Hacking Case
A murder case has been filed against four suspected Islamist terrorists in connection with the brutal killing of a secular Bangladeshi blogger who was hacked to death after the assailants entered his flat in Dhaka posing as potential tenants.
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Photographer Arrested Over Bangladesh Blogger Murder
Bangladesh police said today they have arrested a photo-journalist over the murder of an atheist blogger hacked to death last month by a masked gang wielding machetes.
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Local Al-Qaeda Claims February Murder of US Citizen in Bangladesh: Intelligence Group
The leader of al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the murder of a US citizen hacked to death in Bangladesh in February and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in the region, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.
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Al Qaeda Branch Claims Murder of Bangladesh-Born US Blogger
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
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Wife of US Blogger Who Was Killed Urges 'Thorough' Bangladesh Probe
The wife of a US blogger who was killed by suspected Islamic militants while visiting Bangladesh said on Wednesday that she had suffered brain injuries during the attack and called on Dhaka authorities to "pursue a thorough investigation."
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Bangladesh Arrests Chief Suspect in US Blogger Avijit Roy's Murder
Bangladesh's elite security force said they had arrested an Islamist on Monday over last week's murder of the atheist American blogger Avijit Roy, accusing him of being behind earlier death threats on social media.
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Dhaka Pays Last Respects to Murdered Bangladeshi-American Blogger Avijit Roy
Dhaka paid its last respects today to Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy whose brutal murder earlier this week on a busy street in the city shocked the world.
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US Condemns 'Brutal Murder' of Blogger in Bangladesh
Washington Friday condemned the "brutality and cowardice" of the killing of an American blogger of Bangladeshi origin and called his murder an assault on the country's "proud tradition" of free speech.
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Bangladesh Activists Protest US Blogger Avijit Roy's Murder
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka on today to denounce the murder of a prominent American blogger of Bangladeshi origin hacked to death with machetes after he allegedly received threats from Islamists.
