article_snippet: ' Police added that "Avijit Roy family had been threatened by the extremist, who is known for "Avijit Roy Facebook postings against atheist writers, on several occasions on Facebook and Twitter.
article_snippet: Mr Roy's family said Islamist radicals, like Farabi (centre), had threatened Mr Roy over Mr Roy blog, 'Mukto-mona,' or 'Freemind,' that highlighted humanist and rationalist ideas and condemned religious extremism . '
article_snippet: We want to know why the government failed to ensure the safety of Mr Roy, despite knowing that Mr Roy had been facing threats from the Islamist radicals.'
article_snippet: The murder of Mr Roy, an atheist who advocated secularism in Bangladesh, came amid a crackdown on Bangladesh's Islamist groups after the country's Islamist groups increased the country's Islamist groups activities in recent years.
article_snippet: Mr 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: Mr Roy was targeted simply for expressing Mr Roy own beliefs and we are appalled by his son's death and condemn all such killings.'
highlights_snippet: Fundamentalist blogger 'wrote Avijit Roy would be murdered on Facebook'
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