Who claimed responsibility for the hotel attack that killed Carsten Thomassen?
Carsten Thomassen (journalist) Carsten Thomassen (15 May 1969 – 14 January 2008) was a Norwegian journalist, political commentator and war correspondent for the Norwegian daily newspaper "Dagbladet". He had earlier covered the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake from Thailand and Indonesia. He was killed in the 2008 Kabul Serena Hotel attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami (Arabic: العالمي أنصار الجهاد‎ ‎ , "Anṣār al-Jihād al-‘Alāmī", "helpers of the global jihad") is a jihadist group that came to international attention in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 Norway attacks, when it was reported that the group had claimed responsibility for the attacks.