Nineteen people, including a police constable, died on Sunday when activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir and fans of convicted Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee clashed with law enforcers in five districts. Of them, nine died in early morning clash in three upazilas of Bogra while six in two upazilas of Joypurhat during Jamaat-called 48-hour hartal (shutdown). Two including a young boy were killed in a gunfight between Jamaat-Shibir men and police in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi while a police constable was killed in clash with Jamaat-Shibir in Jhenidah. Meanwhile, a Jamaat man died when Border Guard Bangladesh personnel opened fire on marauding Jamaat-Shibir activists after being attacked in Satkhira.
In another incident, Shibir president of Shreepur upazila (south) unit of Gazipur was run over by a truck while picketing on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur.
Source: The Daily Star