Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will enforce a daylong general strike in the country’s northern Bogra district on Saturday protesting the deaths of its three activists in clashes over Thursday's shutdown.
The president and secretary of Bogra unit of Jamaat said that they will enforce a dawn-to-dusk strike, generally known as hartal, in the district protesting the deaths, the Daily Star, a local newspaper, reported.
Abu Raihan, in-charge of Silimpur Police outpost, told newspaper that Abdullah, 22, was rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra where he was pronounced dead.
The clash broke out after two Jamaat-Shibir men were hacked to death allegedly by the ruling party activists during Thursday's strike, the newspaper said.
The deceased are Abu Ruhani, 22, president of Azizul Haque College, Old Bhaban unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, a student wing of the political party and Mizanur Rahman, 30, a Jamaat activist and owner of a hatchery.
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