SHAFAQNA- At least 4 killed after police fired at thousands of protesters calling for action against blasphemous Facebook post that angered Muslims.
“At least four people were killed and up to 50 people were injured,” police inspector Salahuddin Mia told the AFP news agency.
The offending post was published on Friday from the account of a 25-year-old Hindu man in the area, said Shafin Mohammed, additional superintendent of police in Bhola. The man had told police his Facebook account was hacked. Police said the man claimed the hacker had demanded money and threatened to publish damaging posts if he did not receive the funds. Ehsanullah said three people had been arrested over the alleged hacking incident.
Thousands of people took to the streets in the town of Borhanuddin , in Bangladesh’s southern Bhola district, according to CNN .
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called for calm after at least four people were killed when police fired on thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims protesting against Facebook messages that allegedly defamed the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Aljazeera reported.