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Students scuffle with police during a protest to demand merit-based system for civil service jobs in Dhaka on July 11, 2024. Bangladesh police on July 11 fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse university student protesters demanding the scrapping of quotas they say are rigged to support pro-government job candidates.
Masud Mia, a police inspector, said “around 100 students including women” were injured, and had been taken to hospital. “More people are coming”, Mia added.They have continued despite Bangladesh’s top court suspending the quota scheme.“They attacked our peaceful procession with rods, sticks and rocks,” Nahid Islam, the national coordinator of the anti-quota protests, told AFP.
“Some 200 students squatted and stood on the road,” deputy police commissioner Hasanuzzaman Molla told AFP. “This is unacceptable,” a female student from Dhaka University said, asking not to be named for fear of reprisal.Violence also erupted during protests in Bangladesh’s second city Chittagong late on Sunday, anti-quota students said.“Dozens of Chhatra League activists attacked one of our processions,” Rafy said.
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