Bangladesh cops gun down 5 ‘terrorists’
18 Dec 2013 5:09 AM IST
Five more people were killed in Bangladesh on Monday in continuing violence triggered by the execution of a senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader, even as the country commemorated its victory in the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
Police said five ‘terrorists’ were killed overnight in shootouts with law enforcement agencies in southwestern Satkhira. However, media reports described them as Jamaat activists.
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from across the country but patrols by paramilitary Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) troops and aerial vigil by elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) helicopters prevented the rioters from coming out on the streets in major cities.
At least 30 people have been killed in clashes since Thursday night, when fundamentalist Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah, known as the ‘Butcher of Mirpur’, was hanged for atrocities committed during the liberation war.
Police said five ‘terrorists’ were killed overnight in shootouts with law enforcement agencies in southwestern Satkhira. However, media reports described them as Jamaat activists.
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from across the country but patrols by paramilitary Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) troops and aerial vigil by elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) helicopters prevented the rioters from coming out on the streets in major cities.
At least 30 people have been killed in clashes since Thursday night, when fundamentalist Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah, known as the ‘Butcher of Mirpur’, was hanged for atrocities committed during the liberation war.
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