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| Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets during deadly protests over election | Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets during deadly protests over election |
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| At least two people were killed and more than 200 others injured in violence in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, and other districts, police and witnesses report. | At least two people were killed and more than 200 others injured in violence in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, and other districts, police and witnesses report. |
| Police have fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters to disperse protesters who set fire to vehicles and tried to block roads across country to demand restoration of a caretaker administration to oversee upcoming national elections. | Police have fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters to disperse protesters who set fire to vehicles and tried to block roads across country to demand restoration of a caretaker administration to oversee upcoming national elections. |
| Local police chief Wahid Zaman said a protester was killed during clashes on Sunday between opponents and supporters of the government in Sirajganj district, 104km (65 miles) north-west of Dhaka. | Local police chief Wahid Zaman said a protester was killed during clashes on Sunday between opponents and supporters of the government in Sirajganj district, 104km (65 miles) north-west of Dhaka. |
| Another protester was killed in the capital by a speeding bus as some demonstrators tried to stop it, said a police official who did not want to be named. | Another protester was killed in the capital by a speeding bus as some demonstrators tried to stop it, said a police official who did not want to be named. |
| At least 200 people, including some police officers, were injured in clashes between police and protesters across the country, according to reports by local television stations Ekattar TV and Somoy TV. | At least 200 people, including some police officers, were injured in clashes between police and protesters across the country, according to reports by local television stations Ekattar TV and Somoy TV. |
| A coalition of 18 opposition parties had called for roads to be blocked across the country on Sunday to highlight calls for the restoration of a constitutional provision allowing a nonpartisan caretaker administration to oversee the polls due in 2014. The government of Sheikh Hasina scrapped the 15-year-old provision last year after the supreme court ruled it unconstitutional, saying the constitution allows only popularly elected people to run the government. | A coalition of 18 opposition parties had called for roads to be blocked across the country on Sunday to highlight calls for the restoration of a constitutional provision allowing a nonpartisan caretaker administration to oversee the polls due in 2014. The government of Sheikh Hasina scrapped the 15-year-old provision last year after the supreme court ruled it unconstitutional, saying the constitution allows only popularly elected people to run the government. |
| The opposition, led by a former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, says the change will allow Hasina to rig the election. Hasina denies the allegation. | The opposition, led by a former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, says the change will allow Hasina to rig the election. Hasina denies the allegation. |
| Television footage showed protesters attacking vehicles and police with rocks and sticks. Police responded with rubber bullets and teargas. | Television footage showed protesters attacking vehicles and police with rocks and sticks. Police responded with rubber bullets and teargas. |
| More than 100 vehicles were smashed or set on fire, the TV reports said. | More than 100 vehicles were smashed or set on fire, the TV reports said. |
| Police said they fired rubber bullets and teargas to break up protesters in Jatrabari district, Dhaka. The demonstrators responded by throwing bricks. | Police said they fired rubber bullets and teargas to break up protesters in Jatrabari district, Dhaka. The demonstrators responded by throwing bricks. |
| Dhaka's Daily Star newspaper reported that dozens of homemade bombs – small tin pots filled with explosives – went off in the capital's Gabtali district. | Dhaka's Daily Star newspaper reported that dozens of homemade bombs – small tin pots filled with explosives – went off in the capital's Gabtali district. |
| Using teargas, police fought pitched battles with hundreds of protesters in Gabtali, the newspaper said. | Using teargas, police fought pitched battles with hundreds of protesters in Gabtali, the newspaper said. |
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