Secular activist who criticised Islamism hacked to death in Bangladesh Nazimuddin Samad, 28, was hacked to death by suspected Islamists in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. He had been on a hit list of 84 atheist bloggers. Bloodstained glass and a photograph of the Hindu goddess Durga is seen near the spot where Samad was hacked to death. Nazimuddin Samad, whose family live in London, was killed by at least four assailants in Dhaka after posting anti-Islamism messages on Facebook 7 April 2016 A Bangladeshi law student who criticised Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said on Thursday, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country. Nazimuddin Samad, 28, had been on a hit list [ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/28/bangladeshi-blogger-ananya-azad-named-hitlist ] of 84 atheist bloggers that a group of radical Islamists drew up and sent to Bangladesh’s interior ministry. [...] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/07/secular-activist-who-criticised-islamism-hacked-to-death-in-bangladesh