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3 BRTC buses attacked despite cop protection

Star Report
Despite police protection, three state-owned BRTC buses came under attack by blockaders in two districts yesterday, while law enforcers fired gunshots in response.
The incidents took place in Noakhali and Bogra just a day after Communications Minister Obaidul Quader directed the authorities concerned to extend the bus service to long routes, shrugging off the risks involved in the
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journey during the blockades.
In Noakhali, blockaders attacked an air-conditioned BRTC bus at Maijdee Bazar around 10:00am, putting barricades on the road. They also broke glasses of the bus by throwing brick chips, witnesses said. Starting from Sonapur depot in the town, the bus was heading towards Dhaka.
Police escorting the bus fired around 40 bullets from shotguns and shot several teargas shells to disperse the marauding pro-blockade activists.
Nurul Amin Khan, president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) district unit, claimed that at least 10 activists of the BNP and JCD had suffered bullet injuries in the firing.
Police demanded brick chips thrown by the blockaders also hurt one of their fellow personnel.
Anisur Rahman, superintendent of police in Noakhali, said JCD activists had attacked the bus, and hurled brick chips at them, prompting them to fire in retaliation.
Later, police conducted a raid in the area, and picked up five people, suspecting their involvement in the attack.
In Bogra, blockaders threw two petrol bombs at two BRTC buses parked in front of a bus depot near Shatmatha area in the town around 10:00am. The buses were bound for Banglabandha and Joypurhat respectively.
Police and witnesses said one of the bombs went off, and gutted a seat of a bus. The law enforcers doused the fire. The other bomb did not explode.
Police shot at least seven rubber bullets to disperse the attackers. The blockaders then blasted crude bombs to create panic in the area.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (Sadar) of Bogra, Gaziur Rahman, said two blockaders were arrested from the surrounding area with phensidyl and machetes in connection with the attack.