Supporters of Bangladesh's largest Islamic party clashed with police Wednesday amid a nationwide strike called to protest a court's ruling that one of the opposition party's leaders should be executed for war crimes.
One man was killed when he was hit by a stone thrown by opposition supporters outside the capital, police said.
Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, to death for committing crimes against humanity during the nation's 1971 independence war against Pakistan.
A five-member panel headed by Chief Justice M. Muzammel Hossain found him guilty of ordering the killing of a family of four during a Pakistani army crackdown in Dhaka in March 1971. Mollah and his supporters say the case against him is politically motivated.
Hours after the verdict, Mollah's party said it was calling a 48-hour general strike across the country beginning Wednesday to denounce the ruling. TV stations showed clashes Tuesday between Jamaat-e-Islami activists and police in the capital, Dhaka, and in several other towns. Scores were injured.
In Dhaka, police detained at least five activists from the party when they clashed with security officials, Bangla Vision TV station said.
On Wednesday, schools and businesses were closed as the strike was enforced. Police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters who exploded homemade bombs, barricaded roads and threw stones at security officials in some towns.
TV footage showed stick-wielding supporters of the Islamic party attacking buses and cars that defied the strike.
The man who was killed was learning to drive when his vehicle came under attack in Noakhali district, 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Dhaka, said local police chief Anisur Rahman.
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