Bangladesh blogger hacked to death, for speaking against religious extremism

A blogger was hacked to death by three men in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday and two attackers were arrested near the scene, police said. Washiqur Rahman Babu, 26, was declared dead at a hospital shortly after being attacked in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area, according to police official Biplob Kumar Sarker. The two suspects, both students at Islamic schools, were captured and three meat cleavers were recovered. A third suspect fled, according to police.