At least seven dead as Islamists clash with Bangladesh police
- 11 years ago
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STORY: Clashes raged in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka for a second day on Monday after a bloody crackdown by police on about 200,000 Islamist supporters the previous day.
They re-grouped on Monday, many wearing white Muslim skull caps and throwing stones. Police responded by firing teargas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse them.
The demonstrators set fire to vehicles, including two police cars, and stormed a police post on the outskirts of the capital, police said.
Up to seven people were confirmed to have been killed in Monday's clashes - two of them policemen and one a member of a paramilitary force.
Four people were killed on Sunday (May 5) and hundreds of people have been injured, hospital officials said.
The protests are led by a group called Hefajat-e-Islam, which set the government a May 5 deadline to introduce a new blasphemy law, reinstate pledges to Allah in the constitution, ban women from mixing
STORY: Clashes raged in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka for a second day on Monday after a bloody crackdown by police on about 200,000 Islamist supporters the previous day.
They re-grouped on Monday, many wearing white Muslim skull caps and throwing stones. Police responded by firing teargas, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse them.
The demonstrators set fire to vehicles, including two police cars, and stormed a police post on the outskirts of the capital, police said.
Up to seven people were confirmed to have been killed in Monday's clashes - two of them policemen and one a member of a paramilitary force.
Four people were killed on Sunday (May 5) and hundreds of people have been injured, hospital officials said.
The protests are led by a group called Hefajat-e-Islam, which set the government a May 5 deadline to introduce a new blasphemy law, reinstate pledges to Allah in the constitution, ban women from mixing