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(REUTERS): Hundreds of protesters in Bangladesh attacked Hindu temples and a train today (Sunday) as violence spread across the country in the wake of a visit by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to details, ten protestors were reportedly killed in clashes with police during demonstrations against the visit of Narendra Modi, and violence raged on after his departure as anger swelled over the deaths.
Muslims protestors accused Indian premier of discriminating against minority Muslims in India. Activists of the Hefazat-e-Islam group attacked a train in the eastern district of Brahmanbaria, resulting in ten people being injured.
“Various government offices were set on fire indiscriminately. Even the press club was attacked and many injured, including the press club president. We are in extreme fear and feeling really helpless,” Javed Rahim, a journalist in the Brahmanbaria town, told an international news agency.
Several Hindu temples in the town were also attacked, he added. Activists allegedly also set alight two buses in the western district of Rajshahi, while hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Narayanganj.
“Police opened fire on our peaceful supporters,” Hefazat-e-Islam’s organising secretary Azizul Haque told a rally in Chittagong. “We will not let the blood of our brothers go in vain,” he added.
Modi arrived in Dhaka on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s nationhood, and he left on Saturday after gifting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina some 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine shots.