Bangladesh arrests man for 'filming' boy's lynching
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Bangladesh police said Thursday they had arrested a man on suspicion of filming the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy that provoked public outrage after the footage went viral.
Police arrested Nur Mia, 20, on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Sylhet late Wednesday.
"Nur Mia shot the video on his Nokia set at the instruction of Kamrul (Islam)," local police chief Akhter Hossain told AFP, referring to another suspect in the case.
"He then uploaded the video to Facebook and shared it with his friends," said Hossain.
Mia is the ninth person to be arrested over the July 8 killing of Samiul, who was tied to a pole and then subjected to a brutal assault in which he pleaded for his life.
Islam fled to Jeddah in the immediate aftermath of the attack but reports said he had been arrested by Saudi authorities.
Police said Wednesday they had arrested another man, Moyna Chowkidar, calling him a "prime" suspect.
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