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Bangladeshi Blogger’s Killing Sends Ominous Message

The stabbing death of an atheist Bangladeshi blogger in Dhaka a month after the killing of a prominent Bangladeshi-American author highlights the growing threat facing critics of religious fundamentalism in the South Asian nation. Three men attacked Washiqur Rahman Babu, 27, with meat cleavers in front of his house Monday in Dhaka. Two people caught two of the assailants as they fled and handed them over to the police. Passersby rushed Babu to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where...

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