<p>Several people were injured on Wednesday after violence gripped the Bangladeshi capital following fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists’ violent protests at several places to protest the ongoing 1971 war trials.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Angry at the sentencing of JI’s assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah by a special tribunal which found him guilty of war crimes committed during 1971 independence war, the protesters torched vehicles and clashed with police.<br /><br />The rubber bullets and tear gas were used to disperse the violent protesters, a police spokesman said, adding that nearly 100 rioters were detained from the scene. Extra police and elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were deployed in the city.<br /><br />The JI activists exploded homemade bombs and torched several dozens of buses and other vehicles at the Motijheel business district and adjacent areas in central Dhaka.<br /><br />“They torched and damaged the buses and private cars injuring many, using the hit and run strategy to evade police actions,” an eyewitness said. He said JI held a street march at Motijheel area to protest the mass sit-in for the 10th day at the Shahbagh by youngsters who are demanding death penalty for war criminals.<br /><br />Witnesses said police and RAB men in riot cars enforced a vigil in the troubled spots but the violence could impact little the youngsters’ sit-in at Shahbagh Square, two kilometres away from the troubled Motijheel.</p>
<p>Several people were injured on Wednesday after violence gripped the Bangladeshi capital following fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists’ violent protests at several places to protest the ongoing 1971 war trials.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Angry at the sentencing of JI’s assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Mollah by a special tribunal which found him guilty of war crimes committed during 1971 independence war, the protesters torched vehicles and clashed with police.<br /><br />The rubber bullets and tear gas were used to disperse the violent protesters, a police spokesman said, adding that nearly 100 rioters were detained from the scene. Extra police and elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were deployed in the city.<br /><br />The JI activists exploded homemade bombs and torched several dozens of buses and other vehicles at the Motijheel business district and adjacent areas in central Dhaka.<br /><br />“They torched and damaged the buses and private cars injuring many, using the hit and run strategy to evade police actions,” an eyewitness said. He said JI held a street march at Motijheel area to protest the mass sit-in for the 10th day at the Shahbagh by youngsters who are demanding death penalty for war criminals.<br /><br />Witnesses said police and RAB men in riot cars enforced a vigil in the troubled spots but the violence could impact little the youngsters’ sit-in at Shahbagh Square, two kilometres away from the troubled Motijheel.</p>