At least more than 100 people have been killed since January 2013 in fresh clashes across
Bangladesh at the start of a nationwide strike called over a death
sentence given to an Islamist party leader for war crimes in the
Muslim-majority nation.
Delwar Hossain Sayedee, of Jamaat-e-Islami, was found guilty on Thursday of murder, religious persecution and rape during the 1971 independence war, triggering violent clashes between Jamaat supporters and police across the country.
Security forces were deployed in the northern district of Bogra, as local media reported Jamaat activists attacking police outposts early on Sunday.
More than 10,000 stick-wielding protesters attacked five police stations in Bogra, forcing police to open fire, they said.
The Jamaat-e-Islami, country's largest Islamic party, has enforced a nationwide two-day strike, that begins on Sunday, to protest against the verdict and killing of its activists in police "brutalities".
An inter-city train was torched late on 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 100 since January 21, including 62 killed in the past four days after Jamaat's vice president was sentenced to death, police said.
Delwar Hossain Sayedee was found guilty on Thursday of murder, religious persecution and rape during the 1971 independence war, triggering violent clashes between Jamaat supporters and police across the country.
Delwar Hossain Sayedee, of Jamaat-e-Islami, was found guilty on Thursday of murder, religious persecution and rape during the 1971 independence war, triggering violent clashes between Jamaat supporters and police across the country.
Security forces were deployed in the northern district of Bogra, as local media reported Jamaat activists attacking police outposts early on Sunday.
More than 10,000 stick-wielding protesters attacked five police stations in Bogra, forcing police to open fire, they said.
The Jamaat-e-Islami, country's largest Islamic party, has enforced a nationwide two-day strike, that begins on Sunday, to protest against the verdict and killing of its activists in police "brutalities".
An inter-city train was torched late on 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 100 since January 21, including 62 killed in the past four days after Jamaat's vice president was sentenced to death, police said.
Delwar Hossain Sayedee was found guilty on Thursday of murder, religious persecution and rape during the 1971 independence war, triggering violent clashes between Jamaat supporters and police across the country.
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