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Bangladesh deploys troops as protest toll mounts

by AFP
March 03, 2013 , 10 : 19 am

Bangladeshi police drive past a burning car during clashes between police and activists on the streets of Dhaka on March 2, 2013. Activists of the opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami party vandalized some vehicles, torched three private cars and blasted a few locally made hand bombs during the clash. Photo - AFP

Dhaka: Bangladesh deployed troops in the north of the country on Sunday as six more people were killed in fresh clashes over the conviction of Islamist leaders for war crimes in the Muslim-majority nation.

The army was deployed in violence-wracked Shahjahanpur town after more than 5,000 stick-wielding protesters attacked two police stations, forcing police to open fire, they said.

"At least four people were killed in clashes after Jamaat-e-Islami supporters attacked us. The toll could rise," Shahjahanpur district's deputy police chief Moqbul Ahmed said, adding that troops had been deployed to boost security.

Two other people were also killed on Saturday night, including a ruling party student activist who was allegedly hacked to death by suspected Jamaat supporters, police said.

An inter-city train was torched late Saturday in the northwest but there were no casualties, police said.

The death toll in the clashes over the war crimes verdicts has risen to 62 since January 21, including 46 killed in the past four days after Jamaat's vice president was sentenced to death, police said.

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