Police in Bangladesh kill protesters after riot

Two people were killed when police fired into thousands of unruly villagers who threw stones and vandalised buildings in protests over frequent power outages in north-western Bangladesh, an official said today.

Some 50 people also were injured in the violence late yesterday in the rural town of Kanshat in Chapainawabganj district, 145 miles north-west of the capital Dhaka, said the area’s police chief, Shamsul Alam Khan.