20 hurt in AL factional clash in Noakhali
Sunday, 9 November 2008
NOAKALI, Nov 8 (UNB): A meeting of the district Awami League (AL) was marred here Saturday due to a factional clash that left 20 people injured.
The extended meeting began at the local Bar Council auditorium in the morning with district unit AL President Prof M Hanif in the chair. The trouble began at about 4:30pm when supporters of AL's district vice-president and former MP of Noakhali-6 Mohammad Ali locked into an altercation with the supporters of another former MP from the same constituency Wali Ullah.
Later, both the groups took position in different parts of the town and attacked each other with sticks and brickbats, leaving the 20 people injured from both sides. One of the injured, Azad (22), was admitted to General Hospital, while the rest were given first aid.
The extended meeting began at the local Bar Council auditorium in the morning with district unit AL President Prof M Hanif in the chair. The trouble began at about 4:30pm when supporters of AL's district vice-president and former MP of Noakhali-6 Mohammad Ali locked into an altercation with the supporters of another former MP from the same constituency Wali Ullah.
Later, both the groups took position in different parts of the town and attacked each other with sticks and brickbats, leaving the 20 people injured from both sides. One of the injured, Azad (22), was admitted to General Hospital, while the rest were given first aid.