LGBT Activist Among Victims Hacked to Death in Bangladesh

Two people have been hacked to death by suspected Islamist militants in an apartment in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. One of the victims of Monday's attack has been identified as Xulhaz Mannan, the editor of a transgender magazine "Rupban". Local media reported that he was a USAID official who had also worked as a protocol officer in the U.S. embassy in Dhaka. There has been no immediate comment from U.S. officials. A police official told Reuters that three...

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