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after trying to organise a youth LBGT "Rainbow Rally" in early April 2016. Mannan was killed in his apartment along with LGBT activist Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in a stabbing attack shortly after he had posted pictures of himself on the
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open declaration of his sexuality which gave the go ahead for the extremist group that killed him. A witness reported five men leaving the scene chanting "Allahu Akbar" ("Allah is Great").
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Eliott C. McLaughlin; Don Melvin; Tiffany Ap (25 April 2016).
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841:"On the Fifth Anniversary of the Murder of Xulhaz Mannan"
701:"Bangladesh charges extremists over gay activist murders"
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