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    Bangladesh: Child killed in train arson attack on eve of tense election

    January 6, 2024
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    A child is among four people who have died in a suspected arson attack on a train in Bangladesh on the eve of a tense election – with schools and polling booths also set alight.

    Eight people were injured when the fire spread to four carriages of the Dhaka-bound Benapole Express on Friday night, with the opposition blaming the ruling party.

    On Saturday, police said unidentified arsonists targeted at least five primary schools – including four polling booths – in the northeast.

    The main opposition – the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) – is boycotting the general election for the second time, labelling Sunday’s vote a sham ploy for power by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

    “Investigation is under way, but it seems the train was deliberately set on fire,” said railway police official Ferdous Ahmed.

    Firefighters tackled the fire

    Local people helped the firefighters

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    Local people helped firefighters

    Kazi Shafiqul Alam, the police chief for Gazipur – where some of the fires were reported – said his force had “intensified patrolling and remain[s] on high alert to thwart any untoward incident”.

    The BNP has asked citizens to shun the poll and called for a two-day strike in the country from Saturday.

    Ms Hasina, refusing BNP demands to resign and cede power to a neutral authority to run the election, accuses the opposition of instigating protests that have killed at least 10 people since late October.

    The normally-busy roads in the capital Dhaka were largely deserted on Saturday, with armoured vehicles patrolling the city.

    Members of Bangladesh Army patrol on a road in Dhaka

    Arsonists attacked polling booths in the northeastern districts of Moulavibazar and Habiganj, police said, adding similar incidents had been reported across the country over the past two days.

    In the coastal district of Khulna, police arrested two people on Thursday night after local citizens caught them allegedly trying to set fire to a school.

    Another attempt to set fire to a primary school building in the same area was averted by locals on Friday, according to Khulna’s police chief Saidur Rahman.

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