DHAKA: Five people were killed in Bangladesh after a passenger train caught fire on Friday, with police suspecting an arson attack during unrest ahead of national elections boycotted by the.
Witnesses said the train caught fire at Gopibagh, in an old part of Dhaka not far from the megacity s main rail terminal. An unnamed rescuer told private broadcaster Somoy TV that hundreds of people had rushed to pull people out of the burning train. "We rescued many. But the fire spread quickly," he said.
DHAKA: Five people were killed in Bangladesh after a passenger train caught fire on Friday, with police suspecting an arson attack during unrest ahead of national elections boycotted by the opposition.