Bangladesh bans Islamist group accused of killing secular bloggers

Says preliminary probe has implicated the group in murders of three bloggers

Bangladesh has reportedly outlawed an Islamist militant group accused of attacking and killing three secular bloggers in the nation, the interior ministry said.

The move came after police sought a ban on the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), saying that preliminary probe had implicated the group in the three murders, reported the BBC.

Bloggers Avijit Roy, Ananta Bijoy Das and Washiqur Rahman were hacked to death earlier this year for writing blogs critical of certain aspects of Islam.

The killings led to massive protests from activists, who accused the authorities of failing to protect writers.