JOIN USAt least five people, including a woman, were killed and over 50 others injured on Sunday as police opened fire during clashes with Islamists who enforced a nationwide shutdown demanding execution of “atheist bloggers” for alleged blasphemy.
Five people were killed when strike supporters clashed with the police and local people in Manikganj’s Singair upazila during the nationwide strike called by 12 Islamist parties, police and witnesses said.
“Five people including a woman were killed in clashes... the Islamist groups claimed four them to be activists of theirs,” a witness said.
The witness said that several activists of Islamist outfit Kherlafat Majlish backed by fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) attacked policemen as they intervened at the scene after the Islamists assaulted a senior ruling Awami League leader.