- Polling stations set on fire
- Opposition boycotts nationwide election
- Tensions rise with attacks
One of the fourteen polling stations set on fire in Bangladesh is on the periphery of Dhaka, the capital.
Assaults occurred a day before the nationwide electoral process.
On Friday, someone purportedly set fire to a busy commuter train, resulting in the deaths of four passengers.
The election, boycotted by most opposition parties, sees Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expected to secure a fourth consecutive term.
Six-party activists, including prominent opposition politician Nabiullah Nabi of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the fire that struck a commuter train in central Dhaka on Friday, according to the police.
According to senior hospital official Samanta Lal Sen in Dhaka, eight individuals have sustained critical injuries.
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According to local media, an Awami League party office in the south-eastern city of Chittagong was attacked, and the Election Commission reports that a Buddhist temple in the same town was set on fire.
The BNP has issued a nationwide call for a two-day strike and requested that electors boycott the election.
The ruling Awami League has levied a “reign of terror against innocent people” to disrupt the election, as claimed by the BNP.
On Friday, the repressive atmosphere surrounding the elections “deeply disturbed” Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, the UN special rapporteur.
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