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Bangladesh Pays Tribute to US Blogger Killed in Machete Attack

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Bangladeshis paid tribute Sunday to an American blogger and critic of religious extremism who was hacked to death in Dhaka, in the latest of a series of attacks on writers in the Muslim-majority nation. Avijit Roy, a U.S. citizen of Bangladeshi origin, was killed by machete-wielding assailants on Thursday while returning from a book fair. His wife and fellow blogger, Rafida Ahmed, suffered head injuries and lost a finger. She remains in hospital in a serious condition. The attack...

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