Bangladesh: Police in Deadly Clash With Islamic Party’s Backers

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The police opened fire on Thursday during clashes with supporters of the country’s largest Islamic party who were enforcing a general strike, leaving one man dead, local news media reported. The clash in the western district of Meherpur began when the opposition supporters attacked security officials, the United News of Bangladesh reported. As many as 15 people were wounded. The members of the party, Jamaat-e-Islami, were enforcing a strike to protest a recent Supreme Court ruling that a senior member of the party should be executed for crimes during the nation’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Party members said the verdict was politically motivated.