DHAKA, March 10: A policeman was killed early on Sunday in a gunfight with Islamists in a remote southern village, as violence over war crime convictions of Islamic leaders continued to mount in Bangladesh.

Police said a constable was hit by a bullet after around 1,000 supporters of the country’s largest Islamic part, Jamaat-i-Islami, attacked police entering a village in Khulna district and tried to detain a Jamaat activist on charges of violence.

“They attacked us with firearms. We also fired from shotguns.

Constable Mofizur Rahman was hit by a bullet and died after we took him to a hospital,” inspector Mominur Rahman said, adding several policemen were also injured.—AFP