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At least two people were dead and three others injured after a bomb was thrown at an onion-laded truck in a northwestern Bangladesh district on early Friday, the third day of Bangladesh opposition's countrywide non-stop blockade, police said.
"Charred bodies of the trucker and an onion trader were retrieved from inside the damaged vehicle," the police official told Xinhua from Dinajpur district, some 338 km northwest of capital Dhaka.
As the truck caught fire, he said its driver lost control over the steering wheel.
According to the police, the onion laden truck, bombed by pro- blockade activities, veered off the road and fell into the ditch at about 1:30 a.m. (local time) Friday.
On receipt of information, the police official said firefighters rushed to the scene and doused the fire.
"Three more people were also injured in the incident," he added.
Stray incidents of clash, arson, vandalism, explosion and detention in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country have also been reported in the early hours of third day's blockade program which came after the end of the opposition's a two-day "March for Democracy" on Monday demanding polls under a non-party caretaker government.
Khaleda Zia's opposition alliance had earlier enforced blockade for a total of 22 days in phases since Nov. 26 after the Election Commission announced schedule for the 10th parliamentary polls.
