Anti-government protesters allegedly firebombed a truck in northwestern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing two people in continuance of a spate of arson attacks.
Two more people were critically injured in the attack in Bogra town, 197 km northwest of capital Dhaka, during the 31st day of the countrywide blockade enforced by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance, Xinhua news agency reported citing 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 around 4:30 a.m. on Thursday.
The two fatalities reportedly raised the toll in the ongoing political violence since the beginning of the last month to 53, mostly in arson attacks.
At least seven passengers were burnt to death and 16 others were injured early Tuesday when miscreants hurled a bomb at a passenger bus in Bangladesh’s eastern Comilla district, some 92 km away of capital Dhaka.
Ms. Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies, including the key Jamaat-e-Islami party, have been carrying out the non-stop blockade across the country since Jan 5, demanding fresh elections under a non-party caretaker government system.
