Three children killed in political clashes

Dozens of political rivals exchanged gunfire in a village in eastern Bangladesh, killing three children, including a four-year-old boy, who were caught in the crossfire, police said today.

At least 50 other villagers were wounded in Friday’s fighting between members of the country’s two main political parties, the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, at Chandrapur village in Feni district, a local police officer said.