Dhaka, July 18 (Agencies): Six more persons were killed in the clashes between quota protestors and the police in Bangladesh on Thursday as protests got violent.
Rail and Communication links between the capital Dhaka and the rest of the country remained snapped during a “complete shutdown” called by the agitators.
The toll in clashes sparked by the protests, that began earlier this month, has now gone up to 12, with hundreds of people injured across the country.
There were reports of violent clashes between the protesters and law enforcement agencies across the country with Dhaka was on the boil.
In Dhaka, at least four people were killed in Uttara, a student died in Savar, and a man perished in the Badda-Rampura areas during clashes between quota protesters and police, The Daily Star reported.
In parts of Dhaka, streets seemed deserted, as fear gripped people following students’ enforcement of the dawn-to-dusk “complete shutdown” across the country.
