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At least 17 dead as Bangladesh student protests over jobs intensify
Al Jazeera
Thousands of students clash with police in protests against civil service hiring rules they call discriminatory.
Thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks have clashed with armed police in Dhaka as the Bangladesh authorities cut some mobile internet services to quell protests against civil service hiring quotas.
At least 17 people died during clashes at protests across Bangladesh on Thursday, local media reported, as authorities blocked mobile services across most of the South Asian country.
Eleven people were killed in clashes with police in Dhaka, including a bus driver whose body was brought to a hospital with a bullet wound to his chest, and a student, police sources told Al Jazeera. Hundreds of others were wounded.
In Narayanganj, a city just southeast of Dhaka, two people were killed, according to police sources.
In Chittagong – officially known as Chattogram – in eastern Bangladesh, two more deaths were reported.