Bangladesh police on Sunday killed Shariful aka Sharif, with a bounty of Tk 500,000 on his
head for murdering secular bloggers, as authorities stepped up their nationwide
crackdown on Islamists in the Muslim-majority nation that has seen a string of
brutal attacks on minorities and activists.
Sharif was wanted for the murder of Bangladesh-born American
science writer and blogger Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death by several men
as he returned from a Dhaka book fair in February last year.
Ramadan death toll is now at 4,484
