One more person, who suffered bullet wounds during the recent clashes centring the quota protests, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night.
Babul Hawlader, 48, a painter from Munshiganj, suffered bullet wounds in Rampura area on July 19. He breathed his last around 11:00pm at the intensive care unit, according to the hospital’s death register and family members.
Babul’s son Parvez Hawlader said his father was not involved in the protest. He suffered bullets as he was returning to their Ulan road house after Jumma prayers that day.
With this death, at least 163 lives have been lost since July 16, when six people were killed in clashes between agitators and law enforcers, and ruling party activists
Thirty people died on July 18, 66 on July 19, 25 on July 20, 14 on July 21, six on July 22, three on July 23, four on July 24, two on July 25, four on July 26, and two on July 27.
The overall death toll from the violence may be higher, as The Daily Star could not reach many hospitals where dozens of critically injured patients were taken. Also, many families reportedly collected the bodies of their loved ones from the scene, and this newspaper could not contact those families.
The Daily Star’s count of the victims is based solely on hospital sources.
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