At Least Eleven Dead In Bangladesh Poll Violence

Police opened fire on protesters and opposition activists in violence related to the country's national elections.

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Alan White
by Alan White

BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK

More than 100 polling stations were torched in the violence.

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A soldier holds his weapon while patrolling a street near a polling centre during parliamentary elections in Dhaka, January 5, 2014.

Activists have staged attacks, strikes and blockades amid unrest that has left nearly 300 dead since last year.

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Police opened fire to stop protesters from seizing a polling centre in Bangladesh's northern Rangpur district, killing two people, authorities said. Two more died in a similar incident in Nilphamari district.

Andrew Biraj / Reuters

The ruling Awami League and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the prime minister, are poised to win.

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The European Union, the United States and the British Commonwealth did not send observers for what they considered a flawed election.

The Associated Press

Bangladeshi policemen check Muslim devotees during an ongoing blockade called by the opposition parties as a disabled man arrives to offer Friday prayers at the National Mosque in Dhaka, January 3, 2014.

We've seen thousands of protesters attack polling booths and our personnel at a number of locations with Molotov cocktails and petrol bombs. The situation is extremely volatile.
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