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Updated: February 16, 2021 19:55 IST 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 Share Article AAA Mozammel Hossain, wearing bullet proof jacket and helmet, one among those convicted in the 2015 killing of Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy, is brought to be produced before the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2021. | Photo Credit: AP 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 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. ....
Bangladesh sentences five militants to death over US blogger Avijit Roy s killing Bangladesh sentences five militants to death over US blogger Avijit Roy s killing A Bangladesh court has sentenced five members of an Islamist militant group to death on Tuesday for killing U.S. blogger Avijit Roy, critical of religious extremism, six years ago. advertisement UPDATED: February 16, 2021 15:49 IST A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a U.S. blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago. Avijit Roy, a U.S. 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. ....