AL factions clash at council: 15 injured
At least 15 party activists were injured when two factions of Awami League clashed at the party's tri-annual conference at Shakhaher union in Gobindaganj upazila on Monday.
Police said they fired five blank shots to quell the clashes, also marked with chase and counter-chase.
The conference had started at Aligaon Madrasha ground with district AL Joint Secretary Abu Bakker Siddique in the chair. Activists belonging to one faction started a chaos, claiming that some 'fake councilors' were at the meeting.
Their rivals opposed them, ensuing a heated exchange of words. In presence of police, they soon fell upon each other with sticks and lethal weapons, leaving 15 people injured.
Police tried to calm them but failed. They then fired blank shots and charged batons to disperse the clashing AL activists.
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