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Six terrorists sentenced to death for brutal killing of two gay rights activists

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Six terrorists have been sentenced to death for hacking two gay rights activists to death.The Islamist militants were responsible for the brutal murders of the two men in Bangladesh in April 2016.Xulhaz Mannan, 39, the editor of Bangladesh's first magazine aimed at LGBTQ+ people, and actor Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, 26, were hacked to death in the Asian country's capital Dhaka.The vicious attack was claimed by Ansar Al Islam, the regional arm of Al Qaeda.The killings were part of a series of attacks on atheist bloggers, academics and other minorities that shocked the country and led many to go into hiding or flee abroad.Six of the eight defendants were found guilty of murder and given a death.

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