Bangladeshi Police Detain Three More Men After Attack on Prominent Writer

Bangladeshi Police Detain Three More Men After Attack on Prominent Writer
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DHAKA—Bangladeshi police arrested three men on Sunday as they investigate a knife attack on Zafar Iqbal, a popular author and professor of computer science and engineering.

Police said the arrests were in connection with background checks on suspected assailant Faizur Rahman. He was detained at the scene after the attack on Iqbal at a university in the city of Sylhet on Saturday.