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A Bangladeshi blogger known for his atheist views has been hacked to death by a gang armed with machetes in the capital Dhaka, police say.
Niloy Neel was attacked at his home in the city's Goran area.
Mr Neel had filed a police report expressing fear for his life, but his complaints had not been not followed up.
Police said about six attackers had tricked their way into Mr Neel's home by saying they were looking to rent a flat.
"Two of them then took him to a room and then slaughtered him there," deputy police commissioner Muntashirul Islam said.
"His wife was in the flat but she was confined to another room."
He is the fourth secularist blogger to have been killed this year by suspected Islamist militants in Bangladesh.
All four men killed were on a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" drawn up by Islamic groups in 2013 and widely circulated.
Imran H Sarkar, head of the Bangladesh Blogger and Activist Network, said Mr Neel had been an anti-extremist voice of reason.
BBC
Niloy Neel was attacked at his home in the city's Goran area.
Mr Neel had filed a police report expressing fear for his life, but his complaints had not been not followed up.
Police said about six attackers had tricked their way into Mr Neel's home by saying they were looking to rent a flat.
"Two of them then took him to a room and then slaughtered him there," deputy police commissioner Muntashirul Islam said.
"His wife was in the flat but she was confined to another room."
He is the fourth secularist blogger to have been killed this year by suspected Islamist militants in Bangladesh.
All four men killed were on a list of 84 "atheist bloggers" drawn up by Islamic groups in 2013 and widely circulated.
Imran H Sarkar, head of the Bangladesh Blogger and Activist Network, said Mr Neel had been an anti-extremist voice of reason.
BBC
