A school student sustained severe injuries as opposition supporters blasted bombs in the capital’s Lakshmibazar ahead of today’s blockade. The opposition activists also set a bus on fire in Pallabi area in the evening.
Md Parvez, a student of class VIII at Dhaka Collegiate School, was injured when two bombs were exploded in Lakshmibazar around 5pm yesterday. He was passing the place on a bicycle, witnesses said.
The victim was first taken to nearby National Medical College Hospital and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital at night.
Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, said unidentified criminals had hurled the bombs.
Meanwhile, a group of blockade supporters torched a bus of Shikor Paribahan around 8:30pm near the Journalists’ Residential Colony at Kalshi of Pallabi.
On information, Fire Service and Civil Defence sent one unit and douses the fire.