Bangladesh Protest Turns Violent, 3 Shot: Police

Dhaka:

A protest over police enforcement of coronavirus restrictions in rural Bangladesh turned violent late Monday when a mob of demonstrators attacked a police station, with not less than three individuals shot, police and a health care provider mentioned.

The incident occurred within the central city of Saltha in Faridpur district, the place police mentioned rumours had unfold {that a} man was injured in a police sweep at a market geared toward implementing well being measures to curb the unfold of Covid-19, as circumstances spike nationwide.

Hundreds of villagers took to the streets in anger. A bunch of them hurled bricks at a police station and vandalised authorities workplaces within the city, torching an officer’s dwelling and two automobiles belonging to authorities officers, police mentioned.

“Police fired in self-defence after they attacked the police station,” a police spokesman in Faridpur district advised AFP. A second police official, inspector Nur-a-Alam Fakir, confirmed the incident.

Police didn’t give any casualty figures, however Abdul Matin, a health care provider on the emergency ward of the state-run Faridpur Medical School Hospital, mentioned three individuals have been in essential situation after struggling gunshot wounds.

“Considered one of them was hit in his buttocks, one other in his chest and the third particular person was shot in each legs,” he advised AFP.

Bangladesh on Monday instituted a seven-day nationwide lockdown after coronavirus case numbers reached file highs and fatalities skyrocketed in current weeks.

On Sunday, not less than 7,087 individuals examined optimistic for the virus, the best every day case complete because the virus was first detected within the South Asian nation in March 2020.

All home journey companies — together with buses, ferries, trains and flights — have been suspended, and retailers and malls might be shut for per week. A nighttime curfew is in impact.

A whole bunch of shopkeepers protested within the capital Dhaka over the lockdown, saying it could disproportionately have an effect on their companies.

Two officers mentioned supporters of the hardline Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam joined the assault on the police station at Saltha.

Tens of 1000’s of Hefazat supporters staged nationwide demonstrations in opposition to the go to of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi late final month, which triggered lethal clashes with police.

There was no speedy remark from Hefazat over police claims of their involvement within the incident in Saltha.

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