Bangladesh police fire on protesters killing two
7/16/2013 9:29:43 AM
Police fired on Jamaat-e-Islaami demonstrators in southwestern Bangladesh Tuesday killing two, amid a nationwide strike in protest at the conviction of a top JI leader for war crimes, an officer said.
Jamaat supporters attacked an officer as police tried to clear a main road blocked by fallen trees in the town of Kaliganj, as part of protests over the conviction of Jamaat's spiritual leader by a court on Monday.
"They hacked the officer with a machete. We opened fire at them to rescue the officer. Two Jamaat activists were hit by bullets and they died,"district deputy police chief Tajul Islam said.
Jamaat supporters attacked an officer as police tried to clear a main road blocked by fallen trees in the town of Kaliganj, as part of protests over the conviction of Jamaat's spiritual leader by a court on Monday.
Jamaat supporters attacked an officer as police tried to clear a main road blocked by fallen trees in the town of Kaliganj, as part of protests over the conviction of Jamaat's spiritual leader by a court on Monday.
"They hacked the officer with a machete. We opened fire at them to rescue the officer. Two Jamaat activists were hit by bullets and they died,"district deputy police chief Tajul Islam said.
Jamaat supporters attacked an officer as police tried to clear a main road blocked by fallen trees in the town of Kaliganj, as part of protests over the conviction of Jamaat's spiritual leader by a court on Monday.