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| Bangladesh | ||
| Bangladesh festivities continue | ||
| 2013-07-15 | ||
| A man was killed and 50 people including 4 cops were injured and 50 vehicles vandalized during violence in different parts of the capital on Sunday afternoon ahead of Jamaat-called hartal. The deceased was identified as Abu Ala Iqbal, 45. He was lecturer of Gulshan Commerce College. Dhaka metropolitan north Shibir secretary Foysal claimed that Iqbal was Jamaat Ameer of Tejgaon Industrial Area. Foysal said, "Police arrested Iqbal from a procession of Jamaat-Shibir in Mohakhali and later set him free after a while." At that time, some youth chopped him severely and fled the scene at once, leaving him seriously injured. He succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital.
Activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir have torched a police microbus and a motorcycle in the capital's Paltan area. Alamgir Hossain, Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Paltan Police Station and three other policemen also sustained injuries during the incident, Mehedi Hassan, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Motijheel Division told the reporters. The injured police officials were undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), the ADC added. Police and witnesses said the Jamaat-Shibirmen injured four policemen and torched a microbus and a motorbike. Witnesses said 10-15 Jamaat-Shibir activists carried out an attack on a microbus carrying police personnel near Kosturi Hotel at Purana Paltan around 2 pm. The unruly Jamaat-Shibirmen threw brick chips on the police injuring inspector Alamgir, sub-inspector Nasir Ahmed, and constable Mizan.
In the face of sudden attack, the policemen inside the microbus ran for safety. Moments later, the group also intercepted the OC riding on a motorcycle and beat him. They later set fire to both the microbus and the motorbike, prompting the police to fire shots in the air to disperse them. Several crude bombs were blasted in the area at that time. Later, they vandalized 22 vehicles, including the injured police officer's motorcycle. In another incident at Nabisco Crossing point, two crude bombs were blasted at about 2 pm. In Shahjadpur, a group of 20/25 Chhatra Shibir activists brought out a sudden procession and vandalized several vehicles in the area. At one stage, they hurled cocktails aiming car of Rapid Action Battalion in front of Suvastu Nazar Valley. Police opened rubber bullets to take the situation under control, leaving five people injured. In Moghbazar, Chhatra Shibir activists brought out a sudden procession supporting Monday's hartal and exploded five cocktails. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |