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Truck torched in Gazipur, 3 injured
Three people have suffered burns when Opposition activists hurled a Molotov cocktail at a vegetable-laden truck in Gazipur, police say.
Published : 1 Jan 2014, 06:07 PM
Updated : 1 Jan 2014, 06:45 PM
Wednesday was the first day of the BNP-led 18-Party alliance’s nonstop blockade of roads, railways and waterways across Bangladesh to foil the Jan 5 general elections.
The incident took place at around 10:30pm on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Kaliakoir Upazila.
Kaliakoir police OC Omar Faruk said the truck was on its way to Konabarhi. A band of Opposition activists hurled Molotov cocktail at the truck when it reached Sakhipur.
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He identified the victims as vegetable vendors Alamgir Hossain, 40, Lokman Hossain, 38, and truck driver Moksed Ali, 31.
They were in the truck’s cabin when it was attacked.
Locals rushed the injured to Shafirpur General Hospital but they were later shifted to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.
OC Faruk said the fire was put out with assistance of the locals. The front of the truck had been damaged, he said.
Meanwhile, Opposition activists torched a pick-up van in Gazipur’s Sripur on the Mawna-Sripur road at around 8:30pm, police said.
None had been injured in the arson.
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