Blast of home-made bombs killed a youth at Dhaka’s Motijheel business district while the opposition activists reportedly also set afire five vehicles including a police van and a passenger bus as they clashed with police at different points in the capital, reports said.
The violence erupted after baton-wielding police dispersed hundreds of activists of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party trying to rally to mark the country’s 40th independence anniversary.
“The device exploded with a bang apparently killing the young man immediately and critically injuring another passerby,” a photojournalist who witnessed scene told PTI.
Police suspected the victim, 24-year old Arifuzzaman Arif, was carrying the explosives filled in a tin pot while they detained nearly 280 “unruly activists” from the city.