Summary Police official says several vehicles have either been set on fire or vandalized during the attack.
DHAKA: Hundreds of supporters of Bangladesh s main Islamic party have attacked police in a busy commercial district in the nation s capital, leaving many including at least eight security officials injured.
Dhaka Metropolitan police official Abul Hossain says the activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami party beat police officers Monday after their procession was challenged in Dhaka s Motijheel area.
The party has been demanding a halt to the trials of its top leaders facing charges of crimes against humanity involving the nation s 1971 independence war against Pakistan.
Hossain says several vehicles have either been set on fire or vandalized during the attack.
