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| Bangladesh |
| Blasts mark hartal |
| 2013-05-15 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A headmistress sustained sprinter injuries in a crude-kaboom on a human hauler in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong during yesterday's countrywide hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... Witnesses said pro-hartal activists had charged three homemade bombs on the vehicle in Amanbazar area around 11:30am. Preeti Das, headmistress of Chhipatoli Govt High School, sustained several injuries on the back in the attack. She was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital. Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... , a key component of BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance had called the hartal protesting its Nayeb-e-Ameer AKM Yusuf's arrest in connection with crimes against humanity committed in 1971. Apart from some stray incidents of violence in some districts, yesterday's hartal ended peacefully compared to those enforced by Jamaat in the recent days. At least three vehicles were torched and 30 others vandalised while more than 25 homemade bombs were blasted during the 12-hour hartal that ended at 6:00pm, reports our district correspondents. In Dhaka, myrmidons hurled two cocktails -- of them, one went kaboom!-- at Shahbagh intersection, near the Gonojagoron Mancha. The protesters there were preparing for a scheduled procession to resist Jamaat's hartal. None has been reported to be injured. Police retrieved the unwent kaboom!bomb. Witnesses said the myrmidons hurled the bombs from a bus heading towards Elephant Road. The Shahbagh protesters, however, brought out an hour-long procession and marched up to the Kataban intersection, Ruposhi Bangla Hotel and TSC intersection before returning to the Gonojagoron Mancha area. They once again vowed to continue their movement until all war criminals are brought to book. Pro-hartal activists also vandalised several vehicles and blasted a few cocktails in Azimpur, and Dayaganj in Jatrabari. The number of public and private transports on roads was much higher yesterday than that of the recent day's hartals. Many shops and markets were also seen open in the capital. In Chittagong, at least 20 homemade bombs were blasted, a vehicle was torched and seven other were vandalised. In Pabna, Jamaat men vandalised two trucks and blasted two cocktails near the link road of Bangabandhu Bridge in the afternoon. Drivers of the trucks escaped the attack with minor injuries. In Narayanganj and Rangpur, at least two vehicles were torched and 17 others vandalised. Meanwhile, ...back at the abandoned silver mine, there was another kaboom... Chandpur police yesterday tossed in the slammer You have the right to remain silent... eight activists and leaders of Jamaat-Shibir, including the district ameer of Jamaat, in connection with planning violence. |
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