30 hurt as Jamaat-Shibir clash with cops

At least 30 people have been injured, including five with bullets, as the activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with police in front of Loknath School in Rajshahi city on Saturday. Abdus Sobhan, sub-inspector of Boalia Police Station, said a group of Jamaat-Shibir men brought out a procession around 8:30am as part of their protest against the Supreme Court verdict on Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Delawar Hossain Sayedee in war crime cases and immediate release of Sayedee. When the procession reached in front of Loknath School, police obstructed them, triggering a chase and counter chase. The Jamaat-Shibir men hurled two bombs targeting police. Police fired 10 rounds of robber bullet to disperse them. Thirty people were injured during the clash while five received bullet wounds. The bullet-hit were rushed to a local clinic, according to UNB.