MP among dead in Bangladesh gunfire

Gunmen opened fire at an Bangladesh opposition rally outside the capital Dhaka today, killing four people including an MP.

Ahsanullah Master, from the main opposition Awami League, was attending a rally in the industrial town of Tongi when about 15 gunmen opened fire, said a party spokesman.

He died soon after arriving at hospital with multiple bullet wounds to his chest.

Three other party members died from bullet wounds on the way to hospital, police said.