Author, Blogger, Philosopher Avijit Roy Murdered by Jihadists [Updated With Photograph]

Avijit Roy, a native of Bangladesh, was an engineer by training, an atheist, the proprietor of a web site, and the author of a number of books. Recently, he has lived in the United States, but has been threatened with death by radical Muslims because of his religious and social views. His wife, Rafida Ahmed Bonna, was raised as a Muslim but supported Roy’s work as an atheist.

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Earlier today, they were in Dhaka, Bangladesh for a book fair that featured two of Roy’s books. While walking back from the book fair between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m., they were attacked by men wielding cleavers. While they have not been caught, no one doubts that they were Muslims following through on the threats that had been made against Roy. They hacked both Roy and Bonna savagely. Roy died shortly thereafter in a hospital. Bonna survived; among other injuries, the attackers reportedly hacked off the fingers on her left hand.

Just another day in the jihad.

UPDATE: This picture, from the Daily Mail, shows Avijit Roy on the ground and his wife, Rafida Ahmed Bonna, standing next to his body. Police say that she tried to defend her husband and was attacked in turn by the cleaver-wielding jihadists:

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