. ♪ >>> i'm darren jordan in doha also on the program, a bangladesh bangladeshi american blogger has en hacked to death. >>> and cuba's dancing defector defectors, why these young people moved to the united states, and what they think of warming relations between the two countries. ♪ >>> a bangladeshi american blogger who spoke out against religious extremism has been hacked to death in dhaka. he advocated secularism and had apparently been threatened over his blog posts. >> reporter: roy's family says the religious extremism he protested against may have lead to his death. he and his wife were ambushed on thursday evening by at least two men with meat cleavers. >> translator: i saw an unknown person bring out a knife and first him on the head and then the shoulders. i shouted for people to help but nobody came to save him. nobody skam. >> reporter: police found the meat cleavers but they haven't arrested anyone or said who might be behind the attack. roy's family and friends say they have no doubt his beliefs and writing made him a target. he was a professed atheist committed to tear

roy is the second bangladeshy blogger to be murdered in the last two years.asha ghoneim, al jazeera. >>> in afghanistan rescuers are struggling to reach villagers that could be buried under snow after a series of avalanches in the north of the country. hundreds are still missing, and there are fears there could be more avalanches as the snow starts to melt. >> reporter: the police chief and the governor say that there are dozens of villages that they simply cannot contact at the moment, these are isolated villages, high up in the mountains, much further down. it's estimated some 200 families are unaccounted for at the moment. afghanistan security forces have tried to reach the areas. we have seen a large convoy of some 600 vehicles from afghan security forces entering into the area today. there's already 1,000 troops in the area trying to clear the main road. there is only one road into the area, which is a big part of the problem. afghan security forces are also hampered by the fact that they don't have all of the necessary equipment that they need or the ex

. >>> a bangladeshi american blogger has been hacked to death. >>> and the american actor who played spock in star trek has died at age 83. >>> police in mexico have captured the country's most wanted drug lord servando gomez, is the leader of the knight's templar drug cartel. he was captured early on friday by federal police. his nickname la tuta came from his career as a school teacher. he became one of mexico's most well-known cartel bosses. he was the president's prime target in his offensive against the drug gangs. since the mexican government began cracking down on drug-related violence more than 100,000 people have been killed. john hullman is in mexico city and sent us this report. >> reporter: one of mexico's most wanted men taken without a shot. servando gomez allegedly ran one of mexico's most powerful criminal organizations. in recent years they branched out from drug trafficking, to extorting farmers and shop keepers. he always maintained he was a man of the people. >> translator: at that time i was a drug trafficker i had a bit of money, and they wanted to steal from me

. >>> a bangladeshi blogger has been hacked to death.secularism and had apparently been threatened over his blog posts. >>> and the german parliament has backed an extension of greece's bailout program. the yes vote was expected after the ruling coalition and smaller opposition parties voiced support. >>> the ukrainian president has confirmed that heavy weapons have been withdrawn from the front lines in the east of the country, but his fighters are ready to return if necessary. >> translator: as you know yesterday in fulfillment of the minsk agreement, we started the withdrawal of some heavy weaponry from the front line. however, the agreement is still being violated by think enemy. that's why our servicemen are ready at anytime to return to their positions and repel the enemy. >>> as those troops pull out in eastern ukraine, the undersecurity council is meeting in new york to discuss the southeast fire. james bayes joins us live now from new york. what has been said so far? >> reporter: the security council has been listening to an ope

now, a prominent bangladeshi american blogger known for his atheist views has been hacked to death duringhe had traveled to the bangladeshy capital with his wife to attend a book fair. he had received threes after publishing articles promoting secular views. he'd written about science and social issues as well which have been criticized for being anti-islamic. police say they are investigating the killing. at this date no one has been arrested. now let's talk to the acting head of the bbc's bangladeshi service. would he have expected these threats to be real and serious? >> the police are saying he had received threats on his facebook account in the past. he came to the realization of what this meant during the book fair, because a new book of his was being released. he was going about having tea in the stores in the bookstore. so i don't know whether he actually thought that this would be -- >> he was out and about and not trying to hide -- >> no. >> what do you know about the attack itself and what efforts police are making so far? >> police haven't made any evidence yet or detained any

. >>> police the bangladesh are investigating a bangladeshi blogger.he and his wife were ambushed as they wering were leaving a are bangladesh knowledge knowledge city. be youmaria ines ferre reports. >> two men attacked them with meat cleefers or cleavers or ma ma chet shets s. machetes. >> being in his final article he referred to the charlie hebdo attacks in paris and wrote "such religious extremism is like a highly contagious virus. facebook, one that read, roy lives if america so it is not possible to kill him right now but he will be murdered when he comes back. police say they're investigating a local group named anse rfertionseralatim. target is down. roy's father spoke after visiting the police station. be. >> translator: i demand thatthe government immediately stops militant activities, brings into exemplary punishment. >> reporter: anger filling the streets with hundreds of people protesting the latest attack in their city. in 2013 a blogger was killed near his home. like roy he spoke out against religious extremism. for these protests, roy'

. >> a bangladeshi blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism has been found murdered in the capitol dhaka. police have yet to name any suspects. >> a prominent bangladeshi was killed, his wife was injured in the attack. no one knows who was behind the attack. his family is saying religious fanatics have been behind the attack. he was been writing for a decade about religious if fanatickive of all kind. they were crying for help, but no one came to help them out. now a group of protestors under the banner of mass people's uprising are gathered here to protest and demand the government to arrest the attackers. they said they will continue to protest here until the attackers are arrested. all this comes in a very critical time in bangladesh with a serious political unrest going on. the government no doubt will be under serious pressure to quickly apprehend the attack jeers at least 10 people have been killed in elephant stampedes in india's eastern gulf state over the past months. they are trying to lead the huge animals back into the forest after they trampled through h

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>> a blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism has been found murdered in the capitol dhaka. police have yet to name suspects in the death. we have more. >> a prominent bangladeshi born american bloggers were hacked to death last night on university campus. his wife was also critically injured in the attack. no one knows who was behind the attack, but his family is saying that some religious fanatics have been behind the attack. he has written about religious if a nat six of all kinds. they were crying for help, but no one came across to help them out. now a group of protestors under the banner which roughly translathes to mass people's uprising have gathered here to protest and to demand the government to arrest the attackers. they said they will continue to protest until the attackers arrested. all this comes in a very critical time with serious political unrest going on. the government no doubt will be under serious pressure to quickly apprehend the attackers. >> chinese state media says at least 15 are missing after a boat sank off the coast. 19 people are said to have been onboard that vessel, including 16 suspected migrants. state media is saying four peop

. >>> a bangladeshi american blogger known for his atheist views has been hacked to death while visiting dhaka. he had received death threats after he was criticized for being anti-islamic. >>> and 35 students who went missing five months ago have been protested for in mexico city. they were handed over to a local criminal gang who killed them and burned their body. witnesses are demanding a full investigation. >>> the ukrainian authorities say three service men have been killed in eastern ukraine after two days without casualties amid hopes that the truce between government forces and pro-russian separatists might hold. military spokesmen say fighting has halted along most of the front lines, but clashes continue. >> reporter: the village held by the ukrainian forces just west of the airport near the city of donetsk, as you can see, this place has been shattered. there have been attempts at fighting here with artillery. in fact we heard a few shell impacts just while we've been here. bear in mind, there is a truce at the moment. the ukrainian soldiers that we've spoken to are very angry

. >>> a bangladeshi american blogger and advocate of free thought has died.apparent victim of a brutal killing. police say he was hacked to death as he walked with his wife on a street. for more ivan watson. >> reporter: police in bangladesh are still looking for suspects in the violent and brutal murder that took place thursday as he and his wife were walking back from a book fair when two men attacked them with machetes and hacked him to death and injured his wife as well, who is till going treated in the hospital. what's eerie about this murder is that roy, an outspoken eighth dwrift eighthyist and critic of religious criticism of all stripes had warned in an isay to be published in just a month or -- in an essay to be published in just a month or two in a magazine about a surge in death threats that he'll received in response to a book that he'd written which of called the virus of faith. let me read an excerpt. he says "religious extremism is like a highly contagious virus. death threats started flowing to my e-mail inbox on a regular basis. i suddenly f

bangladeshi american blogger who spoke out against religious extremist gets hacked to death while walkingapital with his wife. an islamic militant group claims responsibility but no arrests so far. >>> south carolina, disturbance at a prison in bishopville over now after several inmates attacked officers at that facility facility. snow moves into north texas, parts of the region getting 2 inches this morning. the winter storm canceling school for thousands of kids. >>> the irs deputy inspector general now admitting their investigating potential criminal activity in the political targeting scandal. we're now learning more than 30,000 e-mails belonging to lois lerner were recovered on more than 700 backup tapes last summer. why didn't we know about that? over 400 of those tapes are now newly discovered. time to bring in our power panel, david katz, former senior special with the dea bazile smiek al, democratic political consultant and bill frum kin, great to have you here. >> thank you. >> this is a serious deal because now they're saying criminal activity, the inspector generally. let me t

blogger of bangladeshi origin who spoke out against extremism has been killed. he was with his wife when hacked to death on the way home from a book fair. hundreds of people have been protesting against the killing calling for police action. >> they say that the religious extremism that he protested against may have led to his death on this crowded sidewalk in daka bangladesh. he and his wife was assaulted on the street. his wife was critically injured. >> i saw them hit him on the shoulders and the head. i shouted for help but nobody came. >> the police found the meat cleavers but they have not arrested anyone or who might be behind the an attack. his family and friends say they have no doubt that his beliefs and writings made him a tart. he was an atheist pulling down fanaticism. >> i demand that the government punish them. >> many gathered to express their outrage over the prominent blogger's murder. he has been called a courageous and eloquent defender of reason and free expression in a country where those values are under attack. >> rescueers in afghanistan

. >> bangladeshis have been protesting after a blogger was hacked to death in the captain. he and his wife were attacked while returning from a book fair. we have a report. >> his family says the religious extremism he protested against may have led to his death on this crowded sidewalk in dhaka being la deash. he and his wife were but should by two men with meat cleavers. his wife was seriously injured. >> i saw an unknown person bring out a knife and hit him on the head and showed. i shouted for people to help, but nobody came to save him. nobody came. >> police found the meat cleavers but haven't said who might be behind the attack. his family and friends say they have no doubt his believers and writing made him a target. he was a professed atheist tearing down at a naticism. his family said he'd been threatened before. >> it has turned into a den of militants. i demand that the government stopped activities and punishes them. >> after this gathering to express outrage over the murder, some painted themselves red. roy is the second bangladesh blogger to be murdered in th

officials in bangladesh are trying to figure out who carried out a brutal attack on a bangladeshi-american bloggerwho lived in the area at one time was hacked to death on the streets of bangladesh and his wife was walking with him. he was the target of threats from islamists for his view on islamic extremism. listen to what an eyewitness had to say here. >> translator: i saw an unknown person bring out a big knife and first hit him from behind on his head. and then on his shoulders. i shouted for help from the people but nobody came to save him. no one came. a lady was with him. she was his wife. she was also hit on the shoulder. >> let's be i think in cnn's international correspondent ivan watson for more now. ivan? >> reporter: the grieving father of a well-known bangladeshi-american writer and critic of religious extremism murdered in the streets of the bangladeshi capital sunday night. the father says his son faced many death threats and suspected islamist groups of carrying out the grisly murder. now, we have spoken to the doctor who carried out the autopsy and says he had deep wounds to the

. >> and american blogger has been hacked to death in bangladesh. avijit roy a u.s. citizen of bangladeshint was attacked by a group of men with machetes in the center of the capital, dhaka. >> his wife was also seriously injured. a militant islamist group has claimed responsibly for the killings. >> american writer avijit roy was a voice against religious extremism. he was the founder of a popular bengali-language blog called "free mind," which he used to promote secularist and humanist ideas. he died after being attacked on a busy street thursday night as he and his wife rafida ahmed returned from a book fair at dhaka university. the assailants hack at him with meat cleavers, then escaped into the craft. >>-- crowd. >> i saw an unnamed person pull out a big knife and hit avijit roy. i shouted, but nobody came to save him. no one came. >> roy's family said he was threatened by extremists in the past for defaming islam and he was one he could face problems in bangladesh. police are looking into claims by a little-known islamist group that they carried out the killing. protesters have gathe