Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy's death

May 03, 2015 17:41

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago. Avijit Roy was hacked to death by two assailants with machetes on the streets of the capital Dhaka in February as he returned from a book fair with his wife. AQIS leader Asim Umar said his organisation was responsible for the attack in a video posted on jihadist forums on Saturday, according to SITE, a US website that monitors extremist groups.

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