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Murder of secularists, preachers in machete attacks

  • Humayun Azad

    Humayun Azad
    Dhaka University Bangla department teacher Prof Azad was attacked on the campus on February 27, 2004. He was found dead in an apartment in Germany's Munich on August 12 the same year while under treatment.
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    Murder of secularists, preachers in machete attacks

  • Prof Yunus Ali

    Prof Yunus Ali
    Rajshahi University economics teacher Prof Yunus was hacked to death on his way to the mosque at Binodpur of Rajshahi early in the morning on December 24, 2004.
  • Prof Sheikh Taher Ahmed

    Prof Sheikh Taher Ahmed
    RU geology and mining department teacher Prof Taher went missing on February 1, 2006 and found dead in a septic tank of his house two days later with hacking injuries.
  • Ahmed Rajeeb Haider

    Ahmed Rajeeb Haider
    Gonojagoron Moncho activist and secularist blogger Rajeeb was hacked to death in front of his house in Pallabi, Dhaka on February 15, 2013.
  • Jagatjyoti Talukder

    Jagatjyoti Talukder
    Chhatra League leader and Sylhet Gonojagoron Moncho activist Jagatjyoti was killed in Akhaliya area of Sylhet on March 2, 2013.
  • Arif Raihan Dwip

    Arif Raihan Dwip
    Buet student and Chhatra League leader Dwip was stabbed in a dormitory of the university on April 9, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries on July 2 while undergoing treatment.
  • Taibur Rahman, his son Namum Manir

    Taibur Rahman, his son Namum Manir
    Pir Taibur Rahman and his teenage son were killed at Khalishpur of Khulna on August 8, 2013.
  • Ziauddin Zakaria Babu

    Ziauddin Zakaria Babu
    Bogra college teacher and Gonojagoron Moncho organiser Zakaria was killed in the town on December 9, 2013.
  • Gopibagh Six murders

    Gopibagh Six murders
    Pir Lutfar Rahman and five others were killed at his house in Dhaka on December 21, 2013.
  • Mamun Hossain

    Mamun Hossain
    Blogger Mamun was killed in Dhaka on January 12, 2014
  • Sheikh Nurul Islam Faruqi

    Sheikh Nurul Islam Faruqi
    Ahle Sunnat leader and TV anchor Sheikh Nurul Islam Faruqi was killed at his house in east Rajabazar, Dhaka on August 27, 2014.
  • Ashraful Alam

    Ashraful Alam
    Daffodil University student Ashraful was killed at his mess near Jahangirnagar University campus, Savar on September 30, 2014.
  • Prof AKM Shafiul Islam

    Prof AKM Shafiul Islam
    RU sociology department teacher Prof Shafiul was killed near his house in Chouddopai area, Rajshahi on November 15, 2014
  • Anjali Devi Chowdhury

    Anjali Devi Chowdhury
    Chittagong Nursing Institute teacher Anjali was killed outside her house in Chittagong on January 11, 2015.
  • Avijit Roy

    Avijit Roy
    Mukto-Mona blog founder and former Buet teacher Avijit was hacked to death and his wife injured in an attack on DU campus on February 26, 2015.
  • Oyasiqur Rahman Babu

    Oyasiqur Rahman Babu
    Oyasiqur Rahman BabuSecular activist Babu was killed at Begunbari of Tejgaon, Dhaka on March 30, 2015.
  • Ananta Bijoy Das

    Ananta Bijoy Das
    Mukto-Mona blog writer Ananta was killed in Sylhet town on May 12, 2015.
  • Niladri Chatterjee

    Niladri Chatterjee
    Also known as Niloy Neel, the secular writer was killed at his house in Dhaka's Goran on August 7, 2015
  • Rahmat Ullah alias Nengta Fakir and his assistant Abdul Kader

    Rahmat Ullah alias Nengta Fakir and his assistant Abdul Kader
    They were killed at the shrine in Bayezid area of Chittagong on September 4, 2015.
  • Khijir Khan

    Khijir Khan
    Ex-PDB chairman Khijir Khan was killed at his khanqah sharif in Dhaka on October 5, 2015.
  • Faisal Arefin Dipan

    Faisal Arefin Dipan
    Secular publisher Dipan was killed at his bookstore in Dhaka on October 31, 2015
  • Zakaria Hossain Zakir

    Zakaria Hossain Zakir
    Baul festival organiser Zakaria was killed in Chuadanga on December 10, 2015
  • Chhamir Uddin Mandal

    Chhamir Uddin Mandal
    Octogenarian homoeopathic doctor Chhamir was killed at his chamber in Jhenaidah on January 7, 2016
  • Joggeshwar Roy

    Joggeshwar Roy
    Panchagarh priest Joggeshwar was killed at the Sonto Gaurio Temple at Debiganj on February 21, 2016.
  • Abdur Razzaq

    Abdur Razzaq
    Shia preacher Razzaq of Jhenaidah's Kaliganj was killed on March 14, 2016.
  • Nazimuddin Samad

    Nazimuddin Samad
    Sylhet Gonojagoron Moncho activist Nazim was killed in Dhaka's Sutrapur area on April 6, 2016.
  • Poromanondo Roy

    Poromanondo Roy
    Septuagenarian Hindu priest Poromanondo was killed at Tungipara of Gopalganj on April 22, 2016.
  • Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique

    Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique
    RU teacher Prof Rezaul was killed near his Shalbagan residence in Rajshahi town on April 23, 2016.
  • Xulhaz Mannan, Mahbub Tonoy

    Xulhaz Mannan, Mahbub Tonoy
    LGBT activists Xulhaz and Tonoy were killed at Xulhaz's house at Dhaka's Kalabagan on April 25, 2016