Four killed in Bangladesh over Facebook post

Record ID: 1437852

  • Title: Four killed in Bangladesh over Facebook post
  • Date: 21st October 2019
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AND THE WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF MAN WITH BANDAGE ACROSS HIS TORSO LYING ON STRETCHER OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL INJURED MAN LYING DOWN AND SPEAKING TO MAN CROWD OUTSIDE HOSPITAL BHOLA, BANGLADESH (OCTOBER 21, 2019) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) UNNAMED POLICE OFFICER, SAYING: "We have setup an inquiry commission for this incident. Gunshots and teargas were fired. This is what the committee will investigate." VARIOUS POLICEMEN STANDING GUARD IN TOWN POLICE TRUCK PARKED BY THE ROAD IN BHOLA TOWN VARIOUS OF POLICE TRUCKS DRIVING PAST ARMED POLICEMEN PATROLLING VARIOUS OF MUSLIM MEN GATHERING FOR A RALLY PROTESTERS SHOUTING AND RAISING HANDS IN THE AIR LOCAL LEADER SPEAKING INTO MICROPHONE VARIOUS OF RALLY TAKING PLACE
  • Embargoed: 4th November 2019 10:47
  • Keywords: Bangladesh police clashes dead Facebook
  • Location: BHOLA, BANGLADESH
  • City: BHOLA, BANGLADESH
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies
  • Reuters ID: LVA006B21G3T3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    At least four people were killed and about 50 injured on Sunday (October 20) in clashes with police in Bangladesh over a Facebook post that offended Muslims, officials said.
    The clashes in the southern district of Bhola, 195 km (120 miles) from the capital Dhaka, broke out when angry crowds protested against a Facebook post in which a Hindu reportedly made derogatory remarks about Prophet Mohammad.
    Police said the Facebook had actually been hacked and all the hackers had been detained.
    Four people were killed and a policeman suffered bullet wounds during the clash, according to the superintendent of police in Bhola. Border guards and additional police have been sent to Bhola.
    (Production: Rafiqur Rahman, Travis Teo)
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