Police fire on protesters ahead of strike
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Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at opposition protesters yesterday before the start of another 3-day strike intended to force Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit.
Protesters exploded home-made bombs and clashed with police during small rallies in and near Dhaka as part of the opposition’s campaign to force Hasina to install a neutral caretaker government for upcoming elections.
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its Islamist allies have called a nationwide strike starting today as part of the campaign that started last month and has left some 20 people dead.
Police Inspector Abul Kalam Azad said officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas at about 2,000 protesters after they attacked cars and tried to torch buses at Tongi, just outside the capital.
“The protesters also exploded two small crude bombs. We’ve arrested at least 15 of them on charges of violence,” he said.
Fire official Mohammad Ali said at least six buses and two cars were set ablaze in Dhaka.
A young man was critically injured after a bomb that he was carrying exploded in central Dhaka.
“Part of his thigh was blown away in the explosion. He has been operated on at a Dhaka hospital,” said local police chief Sirajul Islam.
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