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DHAKA
Ruling party activists in Bangladesh attacked the convoy of a veteran opposition leader on Friday as it travelled through the capital, injuring about 12 supporters and inflaming tension just over two weeks before a general election.
Kamal Hossain, an octogenarian Oxford-educated international jurist now heading an opposition alliance, was not hurt when his convoy was attacked by men wielding sticks and stones as he returned from placing flowers on a memorial to victims of Bangladesh’s independence war, an opposition spokesman said.
“At least 12 workers and activists of the alliance were injured and several vehicles of senior leaders damaged,” the opposition spokesman, Latiful Bari Hamim, said.
Mahbub Alam Hanif, a senior official of the ruling Awami League, dismissed the accusation against his party’s supporters.
Police said they had looked into the report of trouble but had found nothing untoward. They would investigate if a complaint was lodged.
Bangladeshi elections are often violent and marred by ballot-stuffing and voter intimidation.
DHAKA
Ruling party activists in Bangladesh attacked the convoy of a veteran opposition leader on Friday as it travelled through the capital, injuring about 12 supporters and inflaming tension just over two weeks before a general election.
Kamal Hossain, an octogenarian Oxford-educated international jurist now heading an opposition alliance, was not hurt when his convoy was attacked by men wielding sticks and stones as he returned from placing flowers on a memorial to victims of Bangladesh’s independence war, an opposition spokesman said.
“At least 12 workers and activists of the alliance were injured and several vehicles of senior leaders damaged,” the opposition spokesman, Latiful Bari Hamim, said.
Mahbub Alam Hanif, a senior official of the ruling Awami League, dismissed the accusation against his party’s supporters.
Police said they had looked into the report of trouble but had found nothing untoward. They would investigate if a complaint was lodged.
Bangladeshi elections are often violent and marred by ballot-stuffing and voter intimidation.
