On Sunday, a Bangladeshi court indicted eight men, all part of a radical Islamic terrorist organization, for the murder of Faisal Abedin Deepan (below, also spelling “Dipon” or “Dipan” in some accounts).
Deepan, the former head of the Jagriti Prakashani publishing house, had put out the works of Dr. Avijit Roy, an atheist author who was hacked to death in February of 2015. (Earlier this year, six men were charged with his assassination.) The 43-year-old publisher was found dead in his office by his own father, who told reporters “I saw him lying upside down and in a massive pool of blood. They slaughtered his neck. He is dead.”
The attack on Deepan’s life occurred in October of 2015 by members of the group Ansar al Islam. Another publisher of Roy’s books was also attacked that day, but he thankfully survived. It’s suspected that the same group went after both publishers. [Friendly Atheist] Read more
