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Eight burnt to death in Bangladesh in two bombings

Xinhua, February 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Eight people, including two children, were burnt to death on Friday night in two separate petrol bomb incidents, with 31 people received burn injuries, amid continued countrywide non-stop blockade enforced by the opposition alliance, police said on Saturday.

One of the incidents took place at 11 p.m. Friday night at northern Gaibandha, where a Dhaka-bound passenger bus carrying around 50 passengers was petrol bombed allegedly by the pickets of on-going blockade.

Five people, including two children, were bunt to death on the spot, fire service officials said. Seventeen of the injured victims were rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital and the rest were admitted to Gaibandha hospital.

Another petrol bombing took place on a truck at Gaurnadi sub- district of southern Barisal district at midnight Friday, in which all the truck employees, including the driver, died on the spot.

Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's opposition alliance has announced the non-stop blockade across the country from early January, demanding fresh elections under a non-party caretaker government system. The indefinite blockade and series of work stoppage, which has entered the 33rd day, has left 63 people dead. Endi