Secular Bangladeshi blogger murdered in Dhaka

• Niloy Chakrabarti was murdered in his home by hacking at the hands of a gang whose work was claimed by al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.
• Chakrabarti was the fourth secularist advocate against political Islam to have been murdered in the officially secular country this year.
• Chakrabarti had reportedly requested police protection after being listed on a target list as groups called for the murder of atheists.

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