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| Jamaat men clash with cops: 15 hurt | |
| 2010-04-13 | |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A clash between police and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir left at least 15 including four policemen injured when police halted their attempt to bring out a procession at Andarkillah in Chittagong yesterday. Police arrested 11 suspected Jamaat-Shibir activists after they took shelter inside nearby buildings and a mosque.
When on-duty policemen at the mosque gate tried to prevent the Jamaat-Shibir men from bringing out the procession a scuffle broke out resulting in a clash with the law enforcers, said witnesses. Eyewitnesses said the Jamaat activists brandishing sticks came out on to the streets and started pelting brickbats at police at the busy intersection creating panic among pedestrians and commuters. They damaged four vehicles and broke furniture of two bookshops on the ground floor of Shahi Jame Mosque Market. Helal Uddin, assistant commissioner of Chittagong Police Station, rushed to the spot and resorted to truncheon charging to disperse the activists. The Jamaat-Shibir men retreated towards Terri Bazar area and Najir Ahmad Chowdhury Road from where they kept on pelting brickbats at police. Md Mohiuddin, officer-in-charge of the police station, said the agitators pelted stones, potted plants, hand-made bombs and even fired bullets. The law enforcers lobbed at least 15 teargas shells and 30 rubber bullets in return. At least four policemen and 15 others were injured during this battle. Injured policemen Kader, Rafik, Mainuddin and Khorshed were rushed to the police hospital at Dampara Police Lines. | |
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