Dawn: DHAKA: Bangladesh police fired live rounds on Sunday in clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy, killing at least three protesters and injuring dozens.
Eighteen of the injured suffered bullet wounds in the unrest at Singair in the central district of Manikganj, as the Muslim-majority nation was hit by a strike.
Khalilur Rahman, residential medical officer of Singair Hospital, told AFP three young men died of bullet wounds there.
“We’ve sent 18 other bullet-hit injured people for better treatment to Dhaka. The condition of three people is very critical,” he added.
Mizanur Rahman, deputy police chief of Manikganj, said clashes broke out after up to 3,000 protesters, including students from religious schools known as madrassas and supporters of the main opposition party, barricaded a highway.
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