100 hurt as Bangladesh Islamists battle police

Updated Saturday, April 12, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AFP

100 hurt as Bangladesh Islamists battle police

DHAKA -- About 100 people were injured Friday as thousands of Islamists fought for hours with police in the Bangladesh capital over equal rights for women, police and officials said. The roads in front of Dhaka’s main mosque became a battleground as about 5,000 men armed with bamboo sticks and bricks clashed with police, who responded with tear gas and batons, deputy police commissioner Mazharul Islam said.

“They attacked the policemen with bricks and sticks immediately after the weekly Friday prayers. We shot tear gas shells and baton-charged the unruly activists,” Islam said, adding that dozens were injured.

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