Bangladeshi writer Prof Zafar Iqbal stabbed in university campus, attacker detained
Dhaka, Mar 3 (IBNS): Shocking the nation, popular Bangladeshi science writer Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was attacked by an unknown youth on Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) campus in Sylhet on Saturday.
The professor was stabbed on his head from behind with a sharp weapon at Mukta Mancha on the campus around 5:30 pm, The Daily Star reported.
The incident occurred at a time when Iqbal was attending a programme organised by Electronic and Electrical Engineering department of the university.
The attacker was detained by the police.
After receiving initial treatment in Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, Iqbal is flown to capital Dhaka by air-ambulance for further treatment, media reports said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the officials to bring Prof Iqbal to Dhaka by air-ambulance, her Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim has told bdnews24.com on Saturday evening.
The condition of Iqbal is reportedly to be out of danger.
Dr Ehteshamul Hoque Dulal, the additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, told the website : "He was immediately taken to the OT [operating theatre] where doctors cleaned his wounds. There is no deep cut. I can confirm that he is out of danger.”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina condemned the incident.
She ordered officials to take quick action to identify the assailants and bring them to justice, the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told bdnews24.com.
The motive behind the attack is still not known.
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