{"id":7580,"date":"2018-03-03T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T14:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2018-03-03T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T14:18:08","slug":"zafar-iqbal-knifed-on-sust-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/zafar-iqbal-knifed-on-sust-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Zafar Iqbal knifed on SUST campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7581\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zafar.jpg\" alt=\"Zafar\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Noted writer and thinker Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal sustained head injuries as he was stabbed by an unknown assailant on the campus of Sylhet&#8217;s Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).<br \/>\nZafar Iqbal, a faculty of SUST&#8217;s Computer Science and Engineering Department, has been stabbed at a prize-giving ceremony of the university, said assistant proctor Jahid Hasan.<br \/>\nLaw enforcers detained the attacker but his identity could not be confirmed immediately.<br \/>\nRenowned writer and educationist Zafar Iqbal has been rushed to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College for treatment.<br \/>\nThe attacker stabbed him on the back of his head, leaving him injured. SUST students caught the attacker from Shikkha Bhaban after the attack, according to witnesses.<br \/>\nElias Uddin has informed that Zafar Iqbal has been taken into surgery. A hospital source, who was reluctant to disclose his name, said Zafar Iqbal bled profusely after the attack.<br \/>\nPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday strongly condemned the attack on Dr Zafar Iqbal and asked the authorities concerned to bring the perpetrator to justice.<br \/>\n&#8220;The Prime Minister is constantly inquiring about Muhammad Zafar Iqbal,&#8221; PM&#8217;s press secretary Ihsanul Karim said, reports UNB.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/zafar-iqbal-knifed-on-sust-campus\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noted writer and thinker Professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal sustained head injuries as he was stabbed by an unknown assailant on the campus of Sylhet&#8217;s Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). Zafar Iqbal, a faculty of SUST&#8217;s Computer Science and Engineering Department, has been stabbed at a prize-giving ceremony of the university, said assistant proctor &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,1],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"PM condemns attack on Zafar Iqbal","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7585,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7580\/revisions\/7585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}