{"id":6366,"date":"2024-08-05T05:32:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T05:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6366"},"modified":"2024-08-05T05:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T05:32:26","slug":"bangladesh-faces-civil-disobedience-as-93-killed-in-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6366","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh faces civil disobedience as 93 killed in a day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At least 93 people, including 14 police officers, were killed and hundreds more injured by bullets across Bangladesh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi protesters demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign clashed with government supporters on Sunday, with scores killed in one of the deadliest days since demonstrations began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 93 people, including 14 police officers, were killed and hundreds more injured by bullets across Bangladesh, according to sources. Rallies that began last month against civil service job quotas have escalated into some of the worst unrest of Hasina\u2019s 15-year rule and shifted into wider calls for the 76-year-old to step down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 91 people were killed on Sunday alone, including 14 police officers, with the rival sides battling with sticks and knives and security forces firing rifles, taking the total killed since protests began in July to at least 297.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose who are protesting on the streets right now are not students, but terrorists who are out to destabilise the nation,\u201d Hasina said after a national security panel meeting, attended by the chiefs of the army, navy, air force, police and other agencies. \u201cI appeal to our countrymen to suppress these terrorists with a strong hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said protesters attacked their officers, including storming a station in the northeastern town of Enayetpur. \u201cThe terrorists attacked the police station and killed 11 policemen,\u201d said Bijoy Basak, a deputy inspector general. AFP journalists in Dhaka reported hearing sustained crackles of gunfire after dark on Sunday, with protesters defying a nationwide curfew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least 12 people were killed in the capital, police and doctors at hospitals said, several with bullet wounds, while 18 were killed in Bangladesh\u2019s northern district of Sirajganj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobile internet was tightly restricted besides the imposition of a countrywide curfew. In several cases, soldiers and police did not intervene to stem the protests, unlike the past month of rallies that repeatedly ended in deadly crackdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a hugely symbolic rebuke of Hasina, a respected former army chief demanded the government withdraw troops and allow protests. Demonstrators in Dhaka, surrounded by a tightly packed and cheering crowd, waved a Bangladeshi flag on top of an armoured car as soldiers watched, according to videos on social media verified by AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asif Mahmud, one of the key leaders in the nationwide civil disobedience campaign, called on supporters to march on the capital on Monday. \u201cThe time has come for the final protest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Troops briefly imposed order after violence erupted in July. However, protesters returned to the streets in huge numbers this month in a non-cooperation movement aimed at paralysing the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vast crowds of protesters, many wielding sticks, packed into Dhaka\u2019s central Shahbagh Square on Sunday, with street battles in multiple sites, police said. \u201cThere were clashes between students and the ruling party men,\u201d police inspector Al Helal told AFP, saying two young men were killed in Dhaka\u2019s Munshiganj district. \u201cOne of the dead was hacked in his head and another had gunshot injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another policeman, who asked not to be identified, said the city had \u201cturned into a battleground\u201d. Police and doctors also reported deaths in districts in the north, west, south and centre of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some former military officers have joined the student movement and ex-army chief General Ikbal Karim Bhuiyan turned his Facebook profile picture red in a show of support. \u201cWe call on the incumbent government to withdraw the armed forces from the street immediately,\u201d Bhuiyan told reporters Sunday in a joint statement alongside other senior ex-officers, condemning \u201cegregious killings, torture, disappearances and mass arrests\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose who are responsible for pushing people of this country to a state of such extreme misery will have to be brought to justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current army chief Waker-uz-Zaman told officers at military headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday the \u201cBangladesh Army is the symbol of trust of the people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt always stood by the people and will do so for the sake of people and in any need of the state,\u201d he said, according to an army statement, which gave no further details and did not say explicitly whether the army backed the protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demonstrations have grown into a wider anti-government movement across the South Asian nation of about 170 million people. It has attracted people from all strata of Bangladesh society, including film stars, musicians and singers. Rap songs calling for people\u2019s support have spread widely on social media. \u201cIt is no longer about job quotas,\u201d said Sakhawat, a young female protester who gave only one name and called Hasina a \u201ckiller\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we want is that our next generation can live freely in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A group of 47 manufacturers in the economically vital garment sector said Sunday they stood in \u201csolidarity\u201d with the protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hasina has ruled Bangladesh since 2009 and won her fourth consecutive election in January after a vote without genuine opposition. Her government is accused by rights groups of misusing state institutions to entrench its hold on power and stamp out dissent, including through the extrajudicial killing of opposition activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonstrations began over the reintroduction of the quota scheme, which reserved more than half of all government jobs for certain groups. It has since been scaled back by Bangladesh\u2019s top court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:- https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/1216644-b-desh-faces-civil-disobedience-as-91-killed-in-a-day<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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