British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson on Friday expressed deep shock at the savage murder of Avijit Roy.

‘British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert W Gibson shocked by the savage murder of Avijit Roy....,’ he said in a message.

Avijit Roy, founder of Muktamona blog, was killed and his wife Rafida Afrin Banya injured seriously as unidentified criminals stabbed them near TSC on the Dhaka University (DU) Campus on Thursday night.

Avijit and Rafida, an expatriate couple living in the USA, returned home a few days back as his two books were published on the occasion of the Ekushey Book Fair.