Count of a carnage in Bangladesh


At least 95pc of the victims were killed by gunshots, including live rounds. - Photo: Ibrahim Khalil

DHAKA: When Tahir Zaman Priyo, 30, was gunned down around 5pm on July 19 just behind Labaid Hospital in Dhaka's Dhanmondi, his friend Faria Ulfath Syed heard just a single gunshot.

Amid raging street protests and almost ceaseless firing of teargas shells and sound grenades, a panicked crowd ran into Central Road.

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