10 hurt as Dhaka and City college students clash

At least 10 students were injured in a clash between Dhaka College and Dhaka City College yesterday, which broke out around noon and continued till 3:00pm with a brief pause.

Both institutions announced suspension of all classes for Wednesday and Thursday.

Inured students from both colleges received primary treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Mohammad Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost.

Tension had been simmering since around 11:00am and quickly escalated into a chase and counter-chase by midday. As the violence intensified, traffic on both sides of the road came to a standstill.

Meanwhile, a viral video showed a group of students attacking a youth inside a bus. Police later removed them from the vehicle.

Police use truncheons to bring the situation under control. The clash occurred in connection with a fight between two smaller groups of students from the colleges the previous day. Photo: Star

According to eyewitnesses, students of City College initially gathered under the footbridge near the Science Laboratory intersection, while Dhaka College students assembled in front of the nearby Teachers' Training College.

Clashes reignited around 2:00pm when students returned to the streets at the intersection. Police charged batons to push City College students back onto their campus. Officers were also deployed in front of the college gate and under the footbridge