Reuters :
A group affiliated with al Qaeda has reportedly claimed responsibility for the killing of online activist Nazimuddin Samad in Dhaka.
The SITE monitoring service reported the claim on Friday, citing a statement posted by the group online.
Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of al
Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), said its members had carried out the attack as “vengeance” because Nazim had “abused God, the Prophet Mohammad and Islam in Facebook posts”.
Reuters was not immediately able to verify the authenticity of the message but SITE said the group had provided a link to its digital signature to verify it.
Assailants hacked and shot the 27-year-old dead at Sutrapur on Wednesday, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist militants.
A group affiliated with al Qaeda has reportedly claimed responsibility for the killing of online activist Nazimuddin Samad in Dhaka.
The SITE monitoring service reported the claim on Friday, citing a statement posted by the group online.
Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of al
Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), said its members had carried out the attack as “vengeance” because Nazim had “abused God, the Prophet Mohammad and Islam in Facebook posts”.
Reuters was not immediately able to verify the authenticity of the message but SITE said the group had provided a link to its digital signature to verify it.
Assailants hacked and shot the 27-year-old dead at Sutrapur on Wednesday, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist militants.
