Bangladesh Arrests Terrorist Suspect in US Blogger Killing

File photo: Rafida Ahmed, who is recovering from injuries including the loss of her thumb suffered during a hacking attack by jihadi assailants, speaks during an interview with Reuters near Washington April 23, 2015. (Reuters)/Stringer

DHAKA—Bangladesh police said on Sunday they had arrested a suspected leader of an Islamist group wanted in connection with the death in 2015 a U.S. blogger critical of religious extremism.

Deputy police commissioner Masudur Rahman said the man, identified as Mojammel Hossain, 25, head of the intelligence wing of the al Qaeda-inspired terrorist group Ansar Ullah Bangla Team, was suspected of taking part in the killing of writer Avijit Roy.