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More than 20 people - including secular writers and bloggers, professors, members of religious minorities and two foreigners - have been killed in attacks blamed on Islamist militants since 2013.
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In many of the attacks, victims have been hacked to death with machetes, and in some cases beheaded.
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Initially, secular and atheist bloggers and writers were targeted. But now the militants seem to be widening their list of targets.
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This view reflects increasing radicalisation in Bangladesh, a secular Muslim-majority country where many show no sympathy for those perceived to be against their religion, even if that perception is without foundation.
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The government has disputed claims by so-called Islamic State or al Qaeda-linked groups for the attacks, instead often blaming opposition parties or local Islamist groups it accuses of seeking to destabilise the country.
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