‘Five killed, dozens wounded’ in anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh

Hundreds of students clash with police and border troops in eastern Brahmanbaria district, as Indian PM wraps up visit.

At least five people have been reported dead and dozens wounded in eastern Bangladesh, as security forces opened fire to quell protests against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hundreds of students from religious schools on Saturday clashed with police and border troops in the Brahmanbaria district. Police said they had to open fire to control the violence. “We received three bullet-hit dead bodies and two others succumbed to their injuries later,” Abdullah Al Mamun, a doctor at the government-owned Brahmanbaria General Hospital, told Reuters.