http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/03/11/bangladesh-blogger-avijit-idINKBN0M70H220150311
Bangladesh police near scene of U.S. blogger attack - victim's wife BY SERAJUL QUADIR DHAKA Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:45pm IST (Reuters) - The wife of an American blogger and critic of religious extremism who was hacked to death in Dhaka last month said police nearby failed to act when the couple were attacked on a university campus in the Bangladesh capital. Avijit Roy, an engineer of Bangladeshi origin, was killed by machete-wielding assailants when returning from a book fair. His wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, suffered head injuries and lost a finger. ***"While Avijit and I were being ruthlessly attacked, the local police stood close by and did not act," Rafida told Reuters by email. "Now, we demand that the Bangladeshi government do everything in its power to bring the murderers to justice."*** [Emphasis added.] Mohammad Masudur Rhaman, a deputy police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said authorities were investigating Rafida's allegations. The U.S. FBI is also helping with the investigation, with four officers in the country. DNA evidence was handed over to the FBI on Wednesday, after a Dhaka court ruling. Avijit's killing follows a string of attacks on secular bloggers in the Muslim-majority nation. Media group Reporters Without Borders rated Bangladesh 146th among 180 countries in a ranking of press freedom last year. Rafida urged the government to "stop a legal culture of impunity, where writers can be killed without the killers being brought to trial". Bangladesh's anti-terrorism unit said last week it had arrested Farabi Shafiur Rahman in connection with the attack. Rahman had previously been jailed for his ties to the Hizbut Tahrir Islamist group. Rafida has been flown back to the United States for treatment. (Additional reporting by Mark Hosenball in Washington; Editing by Jeremy Laurence) -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
