Bangladesh bans militant group linked to al-Qaeda
Source: Xinhua   2017-03-05 21:23:02

DHAKA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi government has banned the militant group -- Ansar-Al-Islam, which declared itself as the "Bangladesh branch" of al-Qaeda in the subcontinent.

Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs banned the group for its militant and anti-state activities with publishing a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday.

The country had earlier banned seven such organizations for militant activities.

Ansar-Al-Islam is believed to be behind the gruesome death of a magazine editor and his friend. Shariful Islam Shihab, a key suspect, told law enforcers in an interrogation that the two were killed for their alleged anti-Islamic activities.

The group also claimed credit for the sensational murders in the capital Dhaka in April last year.

A number of secularist writers, bloggers and publishers in the country have been killed or seriously injured in attacks perpetrated by extremists since 2013.

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Bangladesh bans militant group linked to al-Qaeda

Source: Xinhua 2017-03-05 21:23:02
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DHAKA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi government has banned the militant group -- Ansar-Al-Islam, which declared itself as the "Bangladesh branch" of al-Qaeda in the subcontinent.

Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs banned the group for its militant and anti-state activities with publishing a gazette notification in this regard on Sunday.

The country had earlier banned seven such organizations for militant activities.

Ansar-Al-Islam is believed to be behind the gruesome death of a magazine editor and his friend. Shariful Islam Shihab, a key suspect, told law enforcers in an interrogation that the two were killed for their alleged anti-Islamic activities.

The group also claimed credit for the sensational murders in the capital Dhaka in April last year.

A number of secularist writers, bloggers and publishers in the country have been killed or seriously injured in attacks perpetrated by extremists since 2013.

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