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| Bangladesh |
| Pickets continue vehicle-destruction spree |
| 2013-03-28 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The transport sector is down on its knees as the onslaught of hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... continues with vehicles being torched and vandalised during, before and, on occasions, after hartals. Even trains have not been spared. Details are sketchy but the fire services say 356 private and public vehicles have been torched between November and March. A number of trains have also been set ablaze. |
| Posted by:Fred |