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At least 10 people were killed and 476 injured in 104 incidents of post-election violence across the country between February 13 and 28, according to rights organisation Odhikar.

The latest figures were released on Wednesday under Odhikar’s ongoing project, “Supporting the Restoration of Democracy: Monitoring and Reporting Electoral Violence in Bangladesh”, supported by the European Partnership for Democracy.

The report states that 28 percent of the incidents -- 29 in total -- involved factional clashes within the BNP and its splinter groups. These confrontations alone resulted in four fatalities and 136 injuries.

Victims included BNP activists and their affiliates, supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami, Awami League backers, followers of BNP-aligned independent candidates, and non-partisan civilians.

Regionally, Khulna division recorded the highest number of casualties, with three deaths and 191 injuries.

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