The Death Toll Of Protests In Bangladesh Increases To 211 People

Demonstrations In Bangladesh/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA Not a few people died during the demonstration in Bangladesh. To date, it has been reported that 211 people have died in the action.

Protesters died from gunshot wounds in the capital city of Dhaka. According to local officials and media, as quoted from Antara, Sunday, July 28, the total number of deaths from protests by anti-coot students for public work was 211.

Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) Hospital and hospital police post specifically providing information, declined to provide the latest information.

However, the English-speaking local newspaper New Age reported on Saturday, July 27, that two seriously injured people died Saturday morning while undergoing treatment at DMCH.

Thus, the death toll from the recent violence has become at least 211 across the country.

Then, more than 1,600 injured people are still undergoing treatment at a number of hospitals, the newspaper said.

Meanwhile, the government announced it would continue military curfews on Saturday to eight consecutive days saying that the curfew would continue until the situation improved.

However, the curfew is still given a break for nine hours starting at 8:00 a.m.

Home Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday evening, July 26, told reporters at a briefing in Dhaka that law enforcement agencies were assessing the situation to determine the lifting of the curfew.