Photos: At least 5 more dead in Bangladesh after 2-day strike
March 3, 2013
Bangladeshi firefighters douse the fire on a vehicle set ablaze by activists of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami during clashes with police in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead during a nationwide general strike called to denounce war crimes trials. (AP Photo)
Bangladeshi firefighters try to douse the fire on a vehicle set ablaze by activists of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami during clashes with police in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead during a nationwide general strike called to denounce war crimes trials. (AP Photo)
Bangladesh's largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, activists block traffic during a nationwide strike called by them in Bogra, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead during a nationwide general strike called to denounce war crimes trials. (AP Photo)
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists gather for a protest against the government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators protesting the death penalty given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, clashed with Bangladeshi security forces for a third straight day on Saturday, killing two people and injuring about a dozen, police said. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Bangladeshi Islamist activists vandalize shopS during clashes with police in Bogra some 120kms north of Dhaka on March 3, 2013. Bangladesh deployed troops in the north of the country after 16 more people were killed in a fresh wave of violence over the conviction of Islamist leaders for war crimes in the Muslim-majority nation. STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images
An aerial view of a traffic intersection is seen during the first day of a two-day-long strike organized by Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami in protest against the decision by the country's war crimes tribunal to deliver judgement in the cases involving their top leaders in Dhaka on March 3, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
A car stands in flames after activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set it on fire during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators protesting the death penalty given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, clashed with Bangladeshi security forces for a third straight day on Saturday, killing two people and injuring about a dozen, police said. (AP Photo)
Jamaat-e-Islami activists march with sticks and set fires in the street during a clash with police in Chittagong on March 2, 2013. Bangladesh police on Saturday opened fire at Islamists protesting the war crimes' conviction of one of their leaders, killing three people outside the port city of Chittagong. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Bangladeshi Islamist activists carry a wounded protester after he was injured during clashes with police in Bogura some 120kms north of Dhaka on March 3, 2013. Bangladesh deployed troops in the north of the country after 16 more people were killed in a fresh wave of violence over the conviction of Islamist leaders for war crimes in the Muslim-majority nation. STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images
Bangladesh's largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, activists block traffic during a nationwide strike called by them in Bogra, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead during a nationwide general strike called to denounce war crimes trials. (AP Photo)
An auto rickshaw driver reacts inside his vehicle after he was injured by a piece of brick thrown by activists from the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami during a clash in Dhaka March 2, 2013. Activists and supporters of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) torched and vandalized vehicles as they clashed with police after a rally organized by BNP and its ally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami called for a three-day country wide shutdown from Sunday, local media reported. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
Bangladeshi police officials fire rubber bullets and teargas shells towards demonstrators during a clash with Jamaat-e-Islami activists in the north western city of Rajshahi, about 260 kms from the capital Dhaka, on March 1, 2013. The number of people killed in clashes in Bangladesh over the conviction of Islamist leaders for war crimes rose to 53 on Friday, as fresh outbursts of violence erupted. STR/AFP/Getty Images
A car burns during clashes between police and activists on the streets of Dhaka on March 2, 2013. Activists of the opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami party vandalized some vehicles, torched three private cars and blasted a few locally made hand bombs during the clash. STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images
Muslim protesters hold signs against the Bangladeshi government as they protest outside the embassy of Bangladesh in central London on March 1, 2013, a day after the vice president of Jamaat-e-Islami party was found guilty of murder, religious persecution and rape by a war crimes tribunal. Fresh clashes erupted in Bangladesh, bringing the number of people killed to 52 in violence triggered by convictions for Islamist leaders over war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war. CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images
Police raid an area after activists from Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami set fire on a street during the first day of a two-day-long strike to protest against the decision by the country's war crimes tribunal to deliver judgement in the cases involving their top leaders in Dhaka March 3, 2013. Bangladesh deployed troops on Sunday to a town where eight people were killed in clashes between police and Islamist party supporters protesting against the conviction of party leaders on charges stemming from the country's 1971 independence war. Bangladesh has been rocked by protests and counter-protests since January, when a tribunal set up by the government to investigate abuses during the war of independence against Pakistan handed down its first conviction, sentencing a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in absentia to death. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
A car stands in flames after activists of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set it on fire during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators protesting the death penalty given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, clashed with Bangladeshi security forces for a third straight day on Saturday, killing two people and injuring about a dozen, police said. (AP Photo)
A schoolgirl watches a pile of cotton material burn after it was set on fire by activists from Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami during the first day of a two-day-long strike to protest against the decision by the country's war crimes tribunal to deliver judgement in the cases involving their top leaders in Dhaka March 3, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
Bangladeshi Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel petrol near Baitul Mukarram, the national mosque in Dhaka on March 1, 2013. Fresh clashes erupted in Bangladesh, bringing the number of people killed to 52 in violence triggered by convictions for Islamist leaders over war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war. AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMANMUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images
The wreckage of a three wheeler is seen in front of a Bangladeshi police station in Gaibandha north from Dhaka on March 1, 2013, where Jamaat-e-Islami activists killed three police personal yesterday. Fresh clashes erupted in Bangladesh, bringing the number of people killed to 52 in violence triggered by convictions for Islamist leaders over war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war. STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images
A policeman raids a bus after activists from Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami set fire on a street during the first day of a two-day-long strike to protest against the decision by the country's war crimes tribunal to deliver judgement in the cases involving their top leaders in Dhaka on March 3, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists shout slogans against the government during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 2, 2013. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Bangladeshi Hindus wave black flags as they march through a street to protest against alleged attacks by Jamaat-e-Islami activists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 2, 2013. Rioting broke out in Bangladesh on Thursday after a war crimes tribunal gave a death sentence to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader, for atrocities linked to the country's 1971 independence war. A banner held by the protestestors reads: 'Protest against attacks.' (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists shout slogans against the government during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators protesting the death penalty given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, clashed with Bangladeshi security forces for a third straight day on Saturday, killing two people and injuring about a dozen, police said. (AP Photo)
Bangladeshi people walk past wooden logs placed on a road by activists of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami to block traffic in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead during a nationwide general strike called to denounce war crimes trials. (AP Photo)
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard in front of Baitul Mukarram mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 1, 2013. Protesters clashed with police for a second day Friday as dozens of people were killed in clashes triggered by a death sentence given to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of the country's largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, for crimes linked to Bangladesh's 1971 independence war, police said. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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