More than 400 injured in Bangladesh job quota rally clashes

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 16, 2024 7:12 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh — More than 400 Bangladeshis were injured in ongoing protests over quotas for coveted government jobs, police and protesters said Tuesday, after clashes between rival student groups the previous day.

Demonstrators said they were holding peaceful marches on Monday at two universities in the capital Dhaka when they were attacked by student activists from the ruling party armed with sticks, rocks, machetes and molotov cocktails.

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