4 Die in Bangladesh Violence After Mojaheed Found Guilty

Riot police were dispatched in Bangladesh as machete wielding protesters took to the streets.

Thousands massed to protest after a tribunal found Ali Ahsan Mojaheed guilty on five of seven charges, including genocide.

Four people have died in the violence, which has led to clashes between the police and members of Jamaat.

At least two of the deaths occurred when police opened fire on demonstrators.

According to the police, they were attacked and acted in self defense.

Mojaheed, the secretary general of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was one of several leaders of the party that has recently been tried for crimes during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.

He is said to have led a group which, during the war, specifically targeted teachers, journalists, and other dispensers of information.