Atheist Poet and Publisher Shahzahan Bachchu Shot Dead in Bangladesh

[trotsky]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/06/11/atheist-poet-and-publisher-shahzahan-bachchu-shot-dead-in-bangladesh/

According to disturbing reports out of Bangladesh, atheist poet and publisher Shahzahan Bachchu was shot to death today in the town of Kakaldi.

There were five assailants on two motorcycles, the (Superintendent of Police Jayedul Alam) said.

Shahzahan had gone to meet friends at a pharmacy near his home before iftar, when the assailants came into the area. They blasted a crude bomb outside the pharmacy, creating panic.

They then dragged Shahzahan out and shot him, Jayedul said.

[Raster]

1. My heart hurts for his family and friends...

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[Voltaire2]

2. Another in a series of targeted assasinations

of atheists in Bangladesh by religious fanatics. The horror continues.