<p>One protester was killed and at least three others are in critical condition after police in Bangladesh opened fire on a violent protest against coronavirus restrictions, officials said.</p>.<p>The incident took place Monday in the central town of Saltha in Faridpur district, where rumours had spread that a man at a market was injured while police were enforcing Covid-19 controls as cases spike nationwide.</p>.<p>Thousands of people took to the streets in anger.</p>.<p>One group hurled bricks at a police station, vandalised government offices and torched an officer's home and two government cars, police said.</p>.<p>A police spokesman said officers opened fire "in self-defence" after the station was attacked.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/bangladesh-to-impose-7-day-nationwide-lockdown-amidst-spike-in-covid-19-cases-969826.html" target="_blank">Bangladesh to impose 7-day nationwide lockdown amidst spike in Covid-19 cases</a></strong></p>.<p>A 20-year-old Islamic student was killed and at least seven people injured, including three police, according to Suminur Rahman, Faridpur deputy chief of police.</p>.<p>Staff at state-run Faridpur Medical College Hospital said three people with gunshot wounds are in critical condition.</p>.<p>"One of them was hit in his buttocks, another in his chest and the third person was shot in both legs," Abdul Matin, a doctor at the emergency ward, told<em> AFP.</em></p>.<p>Police said supporters of the hardline Hefazat-e-Islam group had joined the attack.</p>.<p>Hefazat members were involved in deadly clashes during demonstrations against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month.</p>.<p>Bangladesh on Monday instituted a seven-day nationwide lockdown after 7,087 people tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, the highest daily total recorded in the South Asian nation.</p>.<p>All domestic buses, ferries, trains and flights have been suspended, and shops and malls have been shut. A nighttime curfew is also in effect.</p>.<p>Hundreds of shopkeepers in the capital, Dhaka, protested the lockdown, saying it would hurt their businesses.</p>
<p>One protester was killed and at least three others are in critical condition after police in Bangladesh opened fire on a violent protest against coronavirus restrictions, officials said.</p>.<p>The incident took place Monday in the central town of Saltha in Faridpur district, where rumours had spread that a man at a market was injured while police were enforcing Covid-19 controls as cases spike nationwide.</p>.<p>Thousands of people took to the streets in anger.</p>.<p>One group hurled bricks at a police station, vandalised government offices and torched an officer's home and two government cars, police said.</p>.<p>A police spokesman said officers opened fire "in self-defence" after the station was attacked.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/bangladesh-to-impose-7-day-nationwide-lockdown-amidst-spike-in-covid-19-cases-969826.html" target="_blank">Bangladesh to impose 7-day nationwide lockdown amidst spike in Covid-19 cases</a></strong></p>.<p>A 20-year-old Islamic student was killed and at least seven people injured, including three police, according to Suminur Rahman, Faridpur deputy chief of police.</p>.<p>Staff at state-run Faridpur Medical College Hospital said three people with gunshot wounds are in critical condition.</p>.<p>"One of them was hit in his buttocks, another in his chest and the third person was shot in both legs," Abdul Matin, a doctor at the emergency ward, told<em> AFP.</em></p>.<p>Police said supporters of the hardline Hefazat-e-Islam group had joined the attack.</p>.<p>Hefazat members were involved in deadly clashes during demonstrations against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month.</p>.<p>Bangladesh on Monday instituted a seven-day nationwide lockdown after 7,087 people tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, the highest daily total recorded in the South Asian nation.</p>.<p>All domestic buses, ferries, trains and flights have been suspended, and shops and malls have been shut. A nighttime curfew is also in effect.</p>.<p>Hundreds of shopkeepers in the capital, Dhaka, protested the lockdown, saying it would hurt their businesses.</p>