Students at Bangladesh's Dhaka University burned a military van and damaged at least 50 vehicles today in renewed violence, witnesses said.
Students burn effigies of army leaders during the protest at Dhaka University
At least 50 students, angered with having the army on campus, were hurt after police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the stone-throwing and stick-wielding students at Bangladesh's biggest university, they said.
More than 100 students were injured in clashes overnight after students protested against the presence of army troops at Dhaka University stadium during a football match.
Protests and street assemblies have been banned since the country's military-backed interim government took power on January 12th after months of political violence. Troops have been camping in the gymnasium since then.
The unrest, the first major defiance of the emergency restrictions, spread across campus after troops assaulted some students. Hundreds of police rushed in, firing teargas and rubber bullets, witnesses said.
The students, who want an immediate dismantling of the army camp on the campus, retaliated with sticks and stones.
Classes and exams were postponed at Dhaka University in the wake of the violence, while students called for an indefinite strike on the 40,000-strong campus.
The Dhaka University Teachers Association said it supported student demands that the army camp be pulled out of the campus.