Two killed, over 1,000 injured as police clash with BNP activists in Dhaka

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Two people were killed and over 1,000 people were injured in clashes between the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and members of the police and ruling Awami League at several places in Bangladesh capital Dhaka over the opposition’s grand rally on Saturday.
The two deceased include a police member and a leader of the BNP’s youth wing, Juba Dal.
According to police, BNP, and other sources, over 1,000 people, including over 100 policemen, over 30 journalists, and hundreds of BNP leaders and activists, were injured during the clashes at Kakrail, Bijaynagar, Nightingale crossing and Fakirapool.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police joint commissioner for operations Biplob Kumar Sarkar told New Age that over 100 policemen were injured during the clash.
During clashes at Fakirerpool, ambulances, cars, and motorbikes were set on fire inside Central Police Hospital, and windows of the buildings were also vandalised there.
A hospital staff member said that 16 motorcycles, two ambulances, and a car were torched inside the hospital.
Several other motorbikes were also torched in different areas.
Several dozen vehicles were set on fire in some other places, such as Kakrail and Malibagh.
At about 5:15pm, a bus was torched in front of the Islami Bank Central Hospital, located near the BNP party office.
Fire Services and Civil Defence reported 22 incidents of arson attacks during the clashes.
The Border Guard Bangladesh director (operations), Lieutenant Colonel AM Zahid Parvez, said that they deployed 12 platoons of force in the capital in coordination with DMP and would continue as long as DMP desired.