(Dhaka) Assailants hacked a Hindu holy man to death Friday in
northern Bangladesh and fled without anyone witnessing the attack, the latest
in a campaign of violence by suspected Islamist militants targeting the
country's secular writers, gay rights activists and religious minorities.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the
killing of 60-year-old Nitya Ranjan Pandey while he was taking a walk at dawn
near his ashram in Pabna, about 275 kilometers (170 miles) from Dhaka.
Ramadan death toll is now at 777
