(MENAFN- Arab News) DHAKA: Another blogger was hacked to death in the Bangladesh capital on Monday with police arresting two suspects after the latest attack targeting independent writers.
The killing took place a month after a prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death in Dhaka.
In the latest incident Washiqur Rahman Babu 26 was declared dead at a hospital shortly after being attacked in Dhaka's Tejgaon area police official Biplob Kumar Sarker said. Two suspects both students were captured and three meat cleavers were recovered Sarker said. The third suspect fled he said.
One of the suspects told reporters they attacked Babu because he had disrespected Islam's Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
'I stabbed him because he humiliated my Prophet' said Jikrullah a 20-year-old student at Hathajari Madrassah in the southeastern district of Chittagong without elaborating.
Jikrullah said he traveled from Chittagong and stayed overnight at a mosque to attack Babu. The other detained suspect is Ariful Islam. They named a third suspect but details about him were not available.
It was not immediately known what kind of blogging Babu did but the suspects told police they targeted him for anti-Islamic writings Sarker said.
Two of Babu's cousins told reporters at Dhaka Medical College Hospital where his body was being kept that he recently joined a travel agency in Dhaka after finishing his studies and they were not aware of any blogging he had done.
Local media reported that Babu had a Facebook page that contained the line 'Iamavijit' meaning he was a follower of Avijit Roy the Bangladeshi-American blogger who was hacked to death late last month.