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Gunshot wounds
Two construction workers were killed and 30 others were injured on their way to work in the central district of Munshiganj in a three-way clash between protesters, police and ruling party activists, witnesses said.
“They were already dead when they were brought to the hospital with gunshot wounds,” said Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal, director of the regional hospital.
Police said they did not fire any live rounds.
Witnesses said at least three people were killed and 50 injured in clashes between protesters and activists from Hasina’s ruling Awami League in the northeastern district of Pabna.
Hospital officials said three people were killed in violence in the northern Bogura district, while 53 people died in 12 other districts.
“Attacks on hospitals are unacceptable,” Health Minister Samantha Lal Sen said after a group vandalized a medical college hospital in Dhaka and set fire to vehicles, including an ambulance.
Mobile operators said the government had shut down high-speed internet services for a second time during recent protests. Social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp were unusable, even over broadband connections.
Bangladeshi authorities on Sunday instructed the country’s telecom providers to shut down 4G networks, effectively disabling internet services, according to a confidential government memo seen by Reuters.
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