150 Injured in Bangladeshi Students’ Protests of Military Presence at U. of Dhaka

by E Wayne Ross on August 27, 2007

The Chronicle: 150 Injured in Bangladeshi Students’ Protests of Military Presence at U. of Dhaka

At least 150 university students in and around Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, have been injured in violent clashes with the police since Monday, when protests began against the presence of the country’s army on the campus of the University of Dhaka.

According to A.F.M. Yusuf Haider, the university’s acting vice chancellor, the clashes began after students at the University of Dhaka demanded an apology from soldiers who got into an argument with and assaulted some students on Monday evening.