Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book fair.
Police escort a convicted man over the brutal murder of Avijit Roy in Bangladesh.
Dhaka:
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.
Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book fair. His wife and fellow blogger Rafida Ahmed suffered head injuries and lost a finger.
DHAKA - A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday (Feb 16) for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago. Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book.
Five Islamist extremists have been sentenced to death over the brutal murder of a Bangladeshi-American blogger six years ago.
Avijit Roy, 42, a prolific blogger and the author of 10 books including the best-selling Biswasher Virus ( Virus of Faith ), was hacked to death outside Bangladesh s largest book fair by machete-wielding extremists in February 2015.
The murder, part of a reign of terror by extremists at the time, enraged the Muslim-majority nation s secular activists who staged days of protests.
The judge at Dhaka s Special Anti-Terrorism Tribunal found six people guilty, sentencing five to death and one to life in prison, prosecutor Golam Sarwar Zakir said.