Members of Bangladesh Police Detective Branch escort Mohammed Sumon Hossain in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Police counter-terrorism chief Monirul Islam told reporters that Hossain is charged with taking part in the October attack on publisher Ahmed Rashid Tutul who worked on books by a prominent atheist writer who was killed in a separate attack. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Police in Bangladesh's capital say they have arrested a suspected member of a banned Islamist group accused of attacking and killing atheist writers.
Authorities produced suspect Mohammed Sumon Hossain in court Thursday, after arresting him Wednesday night near Dhaka's airport.
Police counter-terrorism chief Monirul Islam told reporters that Hossain was a member of the banned Ansarullah Bangla Team.
He said Hossain was charged with taking part in an attack in October on publisher Ahmed Rashid Tutul, who worked on books by a prominent atheist writer who was killed in a separate attack.
Tutul survived the attack in his office in Dhaka's Lalmatia area, in which two of his friends were also seriously injured. Tutul later received asylum in Norway.
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