At least two persons were killed and 50 others, including five policemen, were injured as fresh violence erupted in Bangladesh on Thursday on the second day of the 48-hour nationwide strike to protest the death sentence given to a top leader of the fundamentalist party for war crimes.
Police said they opened fire when strikers attacked an officer with sharp objects in Meherpur district.The firing left two dead, local media reported. Other districts also witnessed vandalism, explosions and detention as the strike stepped into second consecutive day.
A senior leader of Meherpur Jamaat unit said another party cadre, who was injured during the clash, succumbed on way to hospital.On Wednesday, one person was killed and several others injured in the violent protests. Jamaat enforced the 48-hour strike from Wednesday to protest the Supreme Court verdict on its leader 65-year-old Abdul Quader Mollah.