A wave of violence has swept through Bangladesh after the hanging of an opposition leader convicted of war crimes committed during the bloody 1971 war of independence.
Fears that the execution of Abdul Quader Mollah, 65, the first person to be put to death for massacres committed during the war, were realised on Friday morning as reports began to emerge of street skirmishes in towns and cities,
AFP news agency reports.
Mollah was a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party which has called the execution a "political murder" and warned of exacting revenge for "every drop" of his blood.
Two activists from the ruling Awami League were hacked to death in the southern town of Kalaroa early on Friday while Jamaat activists also firebombed train stations, set fire to pro-government businesses and blockaded roads, according to police sources.
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