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| 3 hurt in BCL-Shibir gunfight at RU |
| 2013-09-23 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Three Rajshahi University students, including two Shibir men, were maimed in a shootout between the activists of Chhatra League ... the student wing of the Bangla Awami League ... and Shibir on the university campus yesterday. The activists of Chhatra League, pro-Awami League student body, clashed with those of Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... , student wing of 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... , over establishing supremacy on the campus. Besides, the BCL men also assaulted Nazim Mridha, RU correspondent of the daily New Age, while he was taking photos of that incident. Later, BCL RU unit president apologised for it. According to police and witnesses, a group of BCL activists chased a group of Shibir men to Shahidullah Arts Building while the Shibir activists were crossing the RU central Library around 11:45am. The two groups then exchanged several rounds of gunshots, leaving the three students injured. A patrol team of police on the campus fired several rounds of rubber bullets in the air to control the situation, said Abdus Subhan, officer-in-charge of Motihar Police Station in Rajshahi city. At one stage, the Shibir men fled the building. Abu Sufian, Motihar Hall unit Shibir president, was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. Police also placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! him. |
| Posted by:Fred |