Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent behind B'desh blogger's death

August 07, 2015 20:04

Just in: Ansar Al Islam, known as the Al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent, has claimed responsibility for the murder of secular Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Neel.

The organisation in an email to the media in the evening hailed the murder that took place around 1:30pm in Khilgaon and threatened to destroy the other blasphemers, reports The Dhaka Tribune.

Neel is the fourth such blogger to be killed in Bangladesh this year.

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