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20 hurt
as Muslim sects clash over Bangladesh mosque
Friday January 07, 2011 11:56:01 PM,
DPA
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Dhaka: At least 20
people were injured in clashes between members of two Muslim sects
seeking control of a mosque in Bangladesh's southeastern
Chittagong district Friday, police said.
Police arrested 10 people in Patiya after lengthy clashes between
Wahabi and Sunni sect members. During the extended fighting,
people set fire to shops and homes of opponents and attacked each
other with sticks.
Patiya is some 228 km southeast of the capital, Dhaka.
The groups were fighting to take control over Baitul Ekram Mosque.
The clash ensued before midday Friday prayers when members of the
two sects tried to offer their weekly prayer at the disputed
mosque, defying a verbal ban by local authorities.
Police have set up a temporary camp beside the mosque in an effort
to get the two groups to work out a peaceful solution to their
dispute.
"We have invited both groups for negotiation to settle the
dispute," said an on-duty police officer at Patiya police station.
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