Bangladesh Jet Crash Triggers Student-Police Clashes
College students stage a protest a day after a military training jet crashed into their educational institution in Dhaka on July 22.
Photographer: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty ImagesProtests erupted in Bangladesh’s capital a day after a Chinese-made F-7 jet crashed into a school, killing over 30 people, mostly children.
Hundreds of students clashed with security forces in Dhaka on Tuesday as they attempted to storm the Bangladesh Secretariat, the country’s main government administrative complex, according to private broadcaster Jamuna TV. Live footage showed protesters hurling bricks at police and army personnel, who responded with tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd.