Polls close in Bangladesh, opposition reject election results as 17 killed in violence

  • 12/31/2018
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DHAKA: Bangladesh"s opposition rejected election results Sunday that showed Prime Minister Sheikha Hasina heading for a landslide victory and demanded a new vote. "We urge the election commission to void this farcial result immediately," opposition leader Kamal Hossain told reporters. "We are demanding that a fresh election is held under a neutral government as early as possible," he added. Meanwhile, election-related violence killed 17 people, a police spokesman said, including seven people from the ruling party and five from the opposition alliance. Spokesman Sohel Rana said more than 20 people were injured.

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