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Bangladesh
Farabi arrested over Avijit murder
2015-03-03
[Dhaka Tribune] Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has jugged
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
bad boy Farabi Shafiur Rahman for his alleged involvement in the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.

RAB media wing director Mufti Mahmud said a team of RAB 7 arrested Farabi from Jatrabari bus stand on Monday morning.

In a presser at RAB headquarters, the elite force official said Farabi admitted that he had given a death threat to Avijit.

He said a case was filed against Farabi, and he would be handed over to police.

"The mystery will be revealed after interrogation," he added.

Avijit, 45, was hacked to death and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonna, 35, was maimed in an attack by person or persons unknown near the TSC roundabout on February 26.

Friends and family of Avijit Roy said the outspoken humanist had been receiving death threats since 2012.

Farabi is one Death Eater with whom Avijit is known to have debated online.

His exchanges with Avijit resulted in death threats against the blogger.

Farabi is known to have aired questionable views of the Qur'an to defend the books and blogs he has written.

Avijit countered Farabi's claims with citations and references in notes and status updates posted on Facebook and on his blog, earning the wrath of Farabi and his followers.

"Avijit Roy lives in America. So it is not possible to kill him now. He will be killed as soon as he returns home," Farabi commented in one of his online conversations with other bad boys.

Responding to his posts against "atheists," most of Farabi's followers said they ought to be killed to protect Islam.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Yet State can't figure out why Avijit Roy was killed...
Posted by: Pappy   2015-03-03 12:07  

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