Four Jagannath University students shot, one stabbed in attack on anti-quota protest

As many as four students have been shot and another stabbed in an attack on anti-quota protesters of Jagannath University in Old Dhaka. 

The stabbed student was said to be in a critical condition. 

The protesters came under attack  at Rai Saheb Bazar bend after they took out a procession from the campus around 3:30pm on Tuesday. 

The students with bullet injuries were taken to Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital on Johnson Road first and then transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where they were being treated at the emergency department. 

Two of them have been identified as Ferdous Ahmed of the management department and Anik of the marketing department, whose full name was not available immediately. The others could not be identified. 

Doctor Arif of Dhaka National Medical Institute Hospital’s emergency department, who gave a single name, said they treated four students shot and injured in the attack. 

Another student was brought with knife injury, he said. 

Members of Bangladesh Chhatra League’s Jagannath University unit started for the Dhaka University campus on two buses around 3pm. 

Later, the protesters of Jagannath University started gathering at the main gate of their campus. 

Local Jubo League activists chased them into the campus. 

The protesters, armed with sticks, then marched towards Dhaka University but came under attack when their procession reached Rai Saheb Bazar. 

The demonstrators then gathered at Tantibazar junction. 

Chase and counter-chase between the protesters and pro-government elements also took place in the Bahadur Shah Park area. 

Police were also seen in these areas.