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Bangladesh: Another blogger killed

India Blooms News Service | | May 12, 2015, at 11:20 pm

Dhaka, May 12 (IBNS) Unknown attackers on Tuesday hacked to death a blogger Ananta Bijoy Das in Bangladesh's Sylhet city, media reports said.

He was activist connected with the Ganajagaran Mancha.

Airport Police Station OC Gausul Hossain was quoted as saying by bdnews24.com: "“Four armed assailants attacked him when he was going to the city in a rickshaw.”

Das was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.

Earlier, writer-blogger Avijit Roy was hacked to death in Dhaka.

#Bangladesh blogger killed # Bangladesh blogger hacked to death # Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death

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