Bombe et affrontements à ঢাকা Dhaka : un mort – 18 décembre 2011

Police: Crude Bomb Kills 1 In Bangladesh

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DHAKA, Bangladesh December 18, 2011

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A series of crude bombs went off in the Bangladeshi capital Sunday during clashes with police and opposition activists, killing at least one person and injuring another two, police and news reports said.

The death was reported in Dhaka’s central Motijheel commercial district, local police official Bazlul Rashid said. He said the victim seemed to have carrying the homemade bomb — explosives filled in tin pot.

The violence erupted after baton-wielding police dispersed thousands of opposition activists trying to rally to mark the country’s 40th independence anniversary.

At least five vehicles, including a police jeep, were set on fire in central Dhaka during Sunday’s violence, United News of Bangladesh news agency reported.

Police intervened after some stone-throwing activists attacked vehicles and set some of them to fire, senior police official Masudur Rahman said.

Rahman said the protesters were from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its Islamist ally Jamaat-e-Islami.

Television footage showed police chasing dozens of stone-throwing protesters. read more…