Bangladesh: Another blogger killed for allegedly insulting prophet

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Two suspects have been arrested in the murder of a 26-year-old man, hacked to death Monday, apparently for showing support on a Facebook page for a prominent U.S. blogger killed last month.

A Bangladeshi policeman escorts Jikrullah (left) and Ariful Islam, two of the
three attackers suspected of killing blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu (AP Photo)

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By Julhas Alam / AP | March 30 2015

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — A blogger was hacked to death by three men in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday, and two of the attackers were caught near the scene, police said.

The killing took place a month after a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death in Dhaka.

In the latest incident, Washiqur Rahman Babu, 26, was declared dead at a hospital shortly after being attacked in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area, police official Biplob Kumar Sarker said.

Two suspects, both students at Islamic schools, were captured and three meat cleavers were recovered, Sarker said. The third suspect fled, he said.

Washiqur Rahman Babu

One of the suspects told reporters they attacked Babu because he had shown disrespect for Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

“I stabbed him because he humiliated my prophet,” said Jikrullah, a 20-year-old student at Hathajari Madrassah in the southeastern district of Chittagong, without elaborating.

Jikrullah said he travelled from Chittagong and stayed overnight at a mosque to attack Babu.

The other detained suspect, Ariful Islam, also 20, is a student at an Islamic school in Dhaka’s Mirpur area. They named a third suspect, but details about him were not available.

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