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2 Bangladeshi Militants, On Death Row For Killing Blogger, Flee Court
Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.
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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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Prominent Bangladeshi Writer Dragged Out Of Shop, Shot Dead
A prominent Bangladeshi writer and publisher was dragged out of a shop and shot dead by unidentified attackers in central Bangladesh, ending a lull in the killings of secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim-majority country.
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Bangladesh Arrests Terror Suspect In US Blogger Killing
Bangladesh police said on Sunday they had arrested a suspected leader of an Islamist group wanted in connection with the death in 2015 a US blogger critical of religious extremism.
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Bangladesh Arrests Suspected IT Head Of Terrorist Group Blamed For Killing Bloggers
Police in Bangladesh said on Tuesday they had arrested the IT chief of a banned militant Islamist group that has been blamed for the killing of several secular bloggers and gay rights activists.
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Bangladesh Arrests Main Suspect In Secular Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radical Islamists on Facebook.
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Main Suspect Arrested In Bangladesh Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radicals on Facebook.
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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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Who Will Protect Us, Asks Family Of Hindu Tailor Killed In Bangladesh
In a village in Tangail, 5 hours north-west of Dhaka, the grief is raw. The wife and two daughters of Nikhil Joardher, 50, a tailor, break down repeatedly, as they describe how he was dragged from his shop and hacked to death by the roadside.
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Unknown Caller From UK Threatens To Kill Bangladesh Top Blogger
Bangladesh's prominent blogger Imran H Sarker, who has launched protests against the killings of the bloggers and minorities in the Muslim-majority country, has received a death threat from an unidentified caller from the UK, a day after a liberal professor was brutally murdered.
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Bangladesh Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Student Death
A banned Islamist group in Bangladesh tied to the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the killing of a student opponent of radical Islam.
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Liberal Bangladeshi Blogger Killed By Machete-Wielding Attackers
Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes killed a liberal blogger, police said today, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist militants.
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2 Sentenced To Death For Bangladesh Blogger Murder
A Bangladesh court sentenced two students to death today for the 2013 murder of a secular blogger, delivering the first convictions over a series of such killings that have rattled the Muslim-majority nation.
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Another Bangladeshi Publisher Gets Death Threat
A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS.
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Bangladesh Teachers, Students Rally Against Latest Killing
Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.
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2 Bangladeshi Militants, On Death Row For Killing Blogger, Flee Court
Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.
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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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Prominent Bangladeshi Writer Dragged Out Of Shop, Shot Dead
A prominent Bangladeshi writer and publisher was dragged out of a shop and shot dead by unidentified attackers in central Bangladesh, ending a lull in the killings of secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim-majority country.
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Bangladesh Arrests Terror Suspect In US Blogger Killing
Bangladesh police said on Sunday they had arrested a suspected leader of an Islamist group wanted in connection with the death in 2015 a US blogger critical of religious extremism.
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Bangladesh Arrests Suspected IT Head Of Terrorist Group Blamed For Killing Bloggers
Police in Bangladesh said on Tuesday they had arrested the IT chief of a banned militant Islamist group that has been blamed for the killing of several secular bloggers and gay rights activists.
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Bangladesh Arrests Main Suspect In Secular Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radical Islamists on Facebook.
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Main Suspect Arrested In Bangladesh Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radicals on Facebook.
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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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Who Will Protect Us, Asks Family Of Hindu Tailor Killed In Bangladesh
In a village in Tangail, 5 hours north-west of Dhaka, the grief is raw. The wife and two daughters of Nikhil Joardher, 50, a tailor, break down repeatedly, as they describe how he was dragged from his shop and hacked to death by the roadside.
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Unknown Caller From UK Threatens To Kill Bangladesh Top Blogger
Bangladesh's prominent blogger Imran H Sarker, who has launched protests against the killings of the bloggers and minorities in the Muslim-majority country, has received a death threat from an unidentified caller from the UK, a day after a liberal professor was brutally murdered.
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Bangladesh Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Student Death
A banned Islamist group in Bangladesh tied to the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the killing of a student opponent of radical Islam.
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Liberal Bangladeshi Blogger Killed By Machete-Wielding Attackers
Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes killed a liberal blogger, police said today, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist militants.
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2 Sentenced To Death For Bangladesh Blogger Murder
A Bangladesh court sentenced two students to death today for the 2013 murder of a secular blogger, delivering the first convictions over a series of such killings that have rattled the Muslim-majority nation.
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Another Bangladeshi Publisher Gets Death Threat
A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS.
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Bangladesh Teachers, Students Rally Against Latest Killing
Protesters rallied in the Bangladesh capital today over the latest attacks against secular writers and publishers, accusing the government of failing to halt rising deadly violence blamed on hardline Islamists.
