Suspected militant arrested over Bangladesh gay activist murders Bangladesh police arrest a suspected Islamist militant over the hacking to death of two gay rights activists, part of a spate of murders of intellectuals, writers and religious minorities. Xulhaz Mannan, an editor of a magazine for Bangladesh's gay and lesbian community, and fellow activist Mahbub Tonoy were murdered in a Dhaka apartment last month by about six men carrying machetes and guns. IMAGES +REFILED TO REMOVE BYLINE