At least 10 people, including two candidates, were killed today in violence during the fifth phase of local government body polls in Bangladesh. Voting was held in 717 unions under 45 districts amid violence and allegations of rigging and other malpractices.
The two candidates killed were Kamal Uddin, BNP rebel chairman aspirant at Comilla's Titas, and Md Yasin, who was vying for the post of member at Chittagong's Karnaphuli, bdnews24.Com reported.
In Jamalpur, poll violence claimed four lives, the highest in a district. They died after police opened fire to put an end to a clash between supporters of two candidates.
An activist of the Juba league, the youth front of the ruling Awami league, was shot dead in Noakhali's Begumganj.
One more died in Begumganj and two others in Chittagong's Patiya in the poll violence.