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Bangladesh
Jamaat leader killed in gunfight
2014-01-01
[Bangla Daily Star] A ward-level 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 independent branch 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...
leader was killed in a shootout between law enforcers and Jamaat-Shibir men in Sadar upazila of Meherpur early yesterday.

Abdul Jabbar, member of Amjhupi union parishad, was the Jamaat ameer (chief) of ward no. 9 in the union.

Jamaat called a daylong hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
in the district today protesting the death, confirmed Abu Bakar Siddique, office secretary of the party's district unit.

AKM Nahidul Islam, superintendent of police (SP) in Meherpur, said a team of joint forces locked away
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
Jabbar from his residence at Hijuli village on Monday morning in connection with recent violence unleashed by Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir
... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
in the district.

Two cases were filed against him earlier.

During the interrogation, Jabbar disclosed the identity of the party men in the area, and a cache of arms possessed by them, the SP said.

Shibir cadres led by Abdul Matin, Khulna divisional coordinator of Jamaat, were scheduled to meet him in the village on the night, the SP said quoting Jabbar.

Following the confessional statement, a team of joint forces conducted a raid in the village around 2:00am yesterday, said Reazul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station.

Spider senses tingling at the proximity of the law enforcers, Jamaat-Shibir men opened fire on the joint forces, while the law enforcers fired gunshots in response, the OC said.

At one stage, Jabbar, who was staying with the team during the raids, jumped out of the police van to flee the scene, and was caught in the line of fire, the OC said.

His cohorts, however, managed to escape.

Police claimed that three members of joint forces had sustained injuries. The law enforcers also recovered firearms and bombs from the spot.

Jabbar was taken to Meherpur General Hospital where he departed this vale of tears around 3:30am, the OC added.

The body was handed over to the family members.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Jabbar, who was staying with the team during the raids, was pushed out jumped out of the police van [and tried] to flee the scene, and was caught in the line of fire.

Makes for a happier read.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-01-01 10:35  

#1  "Hartal!"
"But we haven't finished the last one?"
"Double Hartal!"
Posted by: Frank G   2014-01-01 08:16  

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