- DHAKA — Over 50 people were injured as the supporters of the Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP) and Awami League engaged in a violent clash in Naogaon
village in Habiganj.
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- According to local media reports, among the injured, five
were in critical condition and are receiving treatment at Sylhet Osmani Medical
College Hospital.
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- The hostilities between supporters of BNP leader Akhtar
Mia and Awami League's Shahjahan Mia had been rising for a long time over
establishing dominance in the area, according to a report by Bangladeshi media
outlet UNB.
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- As per the locals, the supporters of both sides
reportedly got involved in a violent clash on Friday, wielding locally made
weapons, which lasted for about two hours, leaving over 50 injured.
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- Confirming the incident, ABM Maidul Hasan,
officer-in-charge (OC) of Ajmiriganj Police Station, said that police rushed to
the spot and managed to bring the situation under control.
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- "Additional forces have been deployed in the area to
prevent further unrest," said the police official.
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- Reports suggest that there have been several incidents of
violent clashes between the supporters of the two parties in various regions
across Bangladesh after the ouster of former Awami League Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina.
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- Last month, two people were killed and 10 others injured
in a clash between activists of BNP and Awami League over establishing
supremacy in a remote char under Raipura upazila of Narsingdi.
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- In a similar incident in February, at least 30 houses
were vandalised in clashes between the supporters of the BNP and Awami League
in Kanaipur Union of Faridpur Sadar Upazila over establishing supremacy in the
area, reports the leading Bangladeshi daily, Prothom Alo.
