Attack sparks violence in Bangladesh

AN ANGRY mob set fire to a passenger train and protesters clashed with police across Bangladesh yesterday, leaving dozens of people injured.

Attack sparks violence in Bangladesh

The violence erupted in the wake of a grenade attack on an opposition rally on Saturday, which killed 19 people and wounded hundreds more.

The train was attacked as it was entering a station in the town of Bhairab, 80 kilometres east of Dhaka, the capital, said a spokesman for state-run Bangladesh Railways.

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