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Bangladeshi Atheist Blogger and Activist Killed

HeadlineApr 07, 2016

A Bangladeshi blogger and law student has been killed in the latest in a string of murders of secular activists and bloggers in Bangladesh. Police say 28-year-old Nazimuddin Samad was attacked by four men wielding machetes on Wednesday night. Fellow university students protested his killing. Student Billal Hossain spoke out.

Billal Hossain: “We are protesting here because one of our law students at the university was brutally killed. We want a proper investigation, and we want justice for the killing.”

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