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| Two more killed in blockade violence |
| 2013-12-11 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Two were killed and three others, including two children, were maimed in Naogaon, Feni and Rajshahi during the Jamaat-enforced countrywide hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... yesterday. In another incident, four coppers were beaten up by Shibir activists in Rajshahi city. Shukbor Ali, 65, of Raninagar upazila of Naogaon, was killed when Jamaat-Shibir activists clashed with local businessmen yesterday afternoon, said Abdullah Al Masud Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Raninagar Police Station. The local Jamaat unit claimed he was one of its members and called a half-day hartal in Naogaon district for tomorrow protesting the killing. Twenty others were maimed in the incident. At least five vehicles, including a journalist's cycle of violence, and seven shops were also damaged. The clash began around 12:30pm at Abadpukur Bazar of the upazila, as Jamaat-Shibir activists in processions suddenly attacked local businessmen and damaged a tractor, the OC said. In Feni, Mohammad Salman, a class-X student of Jamaatul Al Salayyha Madrasa, was killed in a clash between Jamaat-Shibir men and police on Trunk Road in the town last night. |
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