Bangladesh anti-terrorism tribunal sentences 5 to death for killing blogger Avijit Roy

Bangladesh anti-terrorism tribunal sentences 5 to death for killing blogger Avijit Roy

The Hindu

A special anti-terrorism tribunal on Tuesday sentenced five members of a banned Islamist militant group, including a fugitive army major, to death and a sixth man to life in prison for the killing of prominent Bangladeshi-American atheist blogger Avijit Roy in 2015. Roy, a 42-year-old Bangladesh-born US citizen, was hacked to death by Islamist militants just after he left a book fair at the Dhaka University on February 26, 2015. His wife Rafida Ahmed was also injured in the attack.
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