Bangladesh: 1 killed as violence flares amid tensions

In Bangladesh, one person was killed and at least eight vehicles were set ablaze in separate incidents across the country overnight amid escalating tensions over ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's planned return next month, police said on Tuesday. Unidentified people torched the vehicles, including several buses, and set off crude bombs at multiple locations. A bus driver died of smoke inhalation after a parked bus was set ablaze in southwestern Faridpur while he was sleeping inside it, police said. Police blamed activists of the Awami League, whose activities have been banned, and its affiliated organisations for several of the incidents.

The Awami League erupted today in southern Bangladesh amid Sheikh Hasina's homecoming. https://t.co/DVZObNrGOA

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The incidents came after Bangladesh's government said it was examining reports that Hasina had applied for a new passport and national identity card. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir on Monday ruled out issuing her a passport, saying Bangladesh did not provide passports to "terrorists", and insisted that Dhaka wanted her returned from India under an extradition treaty.
Bangladesh Police said hundreds of activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations staged a demonstration at the southern toll plaza of the Padma Bridge in Shariatpur district early Tuesday. They exploded crude bombs and vandalised several vehicles, temporarily disrupting traffic on the bridge. Railway officials said a coach of the intercity Haor Express was set on fire at Mohanganj railway station in northern Netrokona district early Tuesday. Four seats in the coach were damaged, but railway staff and firefighters brought the blaze under control. Train services were not disrupted.
A police vehicle was set ablaze during clashes between law enforcement personnel and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League and other Awami League affiliates in southwestern Tungipara, Hasina's hometown, on Tuesday morning, officials said.