Anger erupts in Bangladesh and India over comments about Islam

Thousands of people have marched in Bangladesh’s capital and parts of India to urge Muslim-majority nations to cut ties with India unless it punishes two governing party officials for comments deemed derogatory to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)

Thousands of people have marched in Bangladesh’s capital and parts of India to urge Muslim-majority nations to cut ties with India unless it punishes two governing party officials for comments deemed derogatory to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

Two protesters died of gunshot injuries sustained during clashes with police in the eastern Indian city of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand state, said Prabhat Kumar, a senior doctor at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, on Saturday.