article_snippet: Mr Roy family said Islamist radicals had threatened Mr Roy over Mr Roy blog, 'Mukto-mona,' or 'Freemind,' that highlighted humanist and rationalist ideas and condemned religious extremism.
article_snippet: Ajoy Roy reiterated that Islamist militants were responsible for his son's death, but also blamed the government for failing to protect his son despite repeated threats on his son life. '
article_snippet: When the fundamentalists threatened, I informed the Inspector General of Police and Deputy Inspector General of Police,' Ajoy Roy said. '
article_snippet: Ajoy Roy was returning from a book fair at Dhaka University when Ajoy Roy was attacked in the street .
article_snippet: Secularist: Ajoy Roy's family said Islamist radicals had threatened Ajoy Roy over Ajoy Roy blog, 'Mukto-mona,' or 'Freemind,' that highlighted humanist and rationalist ideas and condemned religious extremism .
article_snippet: The extremists also said Ajoy Roy was singled out because Ajoy Roy is a U.S. citizen - and characterized the vicious killing as 'revenge' for attacks on ISIS in Syria.
article_snippet: Police said at least two men, who are believed to have links to Dhaka University, attacked Ajoy Roy around 8.45pm on Thursday, landing three strong, deliberate blows to the right side of Ajoy Roy head with machetes.
article_snippet: Police have expressed shock that extremists struck at a university book fair, which was heavily guarded.
article_snippet: Ajoy Roy was targeted simply for expressing Ajoy Roy own beliefs and we are appalled by Ajoy Roy death and condemn all such killings.'
article_snippet: In 2004, Humayun Azad, a secular writer and professor at Dhaka University, was also attacked by militants while returning home from a Dhaka book fair.