Truck firebombed in Bangladesh leaving two dead
Xinhua, February 5, 2015 Adjust font size:
Anti-government protesters allegedly firebombed a truck in northwestern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing two in continuance of the spate of mindless arson attacks.
Two more people were also critically injured in the attack in Bogra town, some 197 northwest of capital Dhaka, during the 31st day of the countrywide nonstop blockade enforced by ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's 20-party opposition alliance, said a police official from Bogra town.
The official who preferred to be unnamed said the betel leaf- laden truck was firebombed in Bogra town's Belail area at around 4: 30 a.m. local time on Thursday.
The two fatalities reportedly raised the political violence death toll since the beginning of the last month to 53, mostly in arson attacks.
At least seven passengers were burnt to death and 16 others injured early on Tuesday as miscreants hurled a bomb at a passenger bus in Bangladesh's eastern Comilla district, some 92 km away of capital Dhaka.
Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies including key Jamaat-e-Islami party have been observing the nonstop blockade across the country since Jan. 5, demanding fresh elections under a non-party caretaker government system. Endi