Quader defends AL, says students attacked first

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Staff Reporter :
Awami League General Secretary has defended the assault carried out on general students on Sunday, saying the students attacked first’.
 “Will we kiss them if they advance towards Awami League office?” Quader told reporters at a programme in Dhaka’s Banani yesterday (Sunday).
Claiming that the countrymen have become very angry at the wrongdoing of a vested political quarter, Quader called upon all to build a resistance against the evil force without putting pressure on the children. “We will not put pressure on the children.”
The Awami League leader reiterated his call to the agitating students for returning to the classes and said all the demands raised by the protesters have already been accepted.
Awami League activists today teamed up with police to batter university students who marched to Jhigatola demanding answer to yesterday’s attack on students.
Armed with hockey sticks, iron rods, pipes and other weapons, they pounced on students around noon on Sunday, what made Science Lab intersection a battleground.
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