Hundreds of
protesters have rallied in the Bangladeshi capital to denounce the murder of a
prominent Bangladesh-born American blogger, who was hacked to death outside a
university in Dhaka.
Students,
activists and journalists gathered at Dhaka University on Friday to demand
quick police action, a day after the attack on Avijit Roy and his wife Rafida
Ahmed, who remains in critical condition.
The protesters
said the killing raised questions about the government’s ability to protect its
citizens from crimes, and uphold democracy and freedom of speech.
In an interview
with Al Jazeera, human rights activist Khushi Kabir questioned police inaction
during the attack.
Witnesses have
told Al Jazeera that police and onlookers were present during the attacks, but
no one came to help the victims. Police were not immediately available to
comment on the accusation.
The couple were
coming from a book fair at the university, when a group of men ambushed them,
with at least two of the attackers hitting them with meat cleavers, police
Chief Sirajul Islam told the Associate Press news agency.
The attackers
then ran away, disappearing into the crowds. Two blood-stained cleavers were
found after the attack, he said.
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