Another blogger hacked to death in Dhaka
Three killers carried out the attack and police caught two of them with machetes from the spot red handed, Biplob Kumar Sarkar, deputy commissioner of DMP (Tejgaon Zone), told The Daily Star.
The detained persons have been identified as Jikul and Ariful Islam.
The third attacker, however, escaped from the spot.
He has been identified as Taher.
Washiqur Rahman was attacked at around 9:45am.
The police took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared him dead.
Earlier, another blogger Avijit Roy was killed in Dhaka.
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