The World - News from Feb. 12, 1988

Continued political violence left 100 more rioters wounded in Bangladesh, a day after election clashes took at least 80 lives. Police said street battles between supporters of rival candidates in local elections raged in three towns near the capital of Dhaka, with crowds exchanging gunfire and volleys of rocks and homemade bombs. Opposition groups blamed the violence on activists backing President Hussain Mohammed Ershad. The government broke its silence after the second day of rioting, issuing a statement putting the toll at 80 dead and 476 wounded. But other reports indicated there may have been more than 100 fatalities.