Police open fire on opposition supporters marching during daylong general strike, killing 2
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Police say they have opened fire on opposition supporters marching in southwestern Bangladesh during a daylong general strike, killing two.
Police official Tajul Islam says the violence took place Tuesday in Satkhira district when hundreds of Jamaat-e-Islami party supporters started attacking police during the march.
He says several people have been injured in the melee.
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The Islamic party was enforcing the strike to protest against the jailing of its former chief Ghulam Azam for his role during the country's independence war against Pakistan in 1971.
A special tribunal on Monday sentenced the 91-year-old Azam to 90 years in jail but his supporters denounced the verdict.
The verdict has also enraged supporters who demanded death penalty for Azam.