2 killed in Bangladesh as riots continue over war crimes verdict
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At least two people were killed on Saturday in Bangladesh in riots that erupted this week after an Islamist opposition leader was sentenced to death for war crimes.
Police said the two protesters died in clashes with security forces in the southern Chittagong district.
Violence ensued after police tried to remove barriers that had been erected by supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party on a main highway.
Police said a number of passenger buses were also vandalized in the area located 340 kilometres south-east of the capital, Dhaka.
Protesters also damaged a temple and set fire to homes belonging to minority Hindus in the south-western Bagerhat district.


















































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