Dhaka: A Bangladeshi law student who posted against Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said on Thursday, the latest in a a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country.
"At least four assailants hacked Nazimuddin Samad's head with a machete on Wednesday night. As he fell down, one of them shot him with a pistol from close range. He died on the spot," deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Syed Nurul Islam told AFP.