Students besiege police station demanding arrests of all killers

Students surrounded Shahbagh Police Station, demanding the prompt arrest of all those involved in the murder of Dhaka University (DU) student and Chhatra Dal leader Shahriar Alam Shammo.

Around 200-300 students began the protest program in front of Shahbagh Police Station under the banner of 'Sadharan Chhatra Samaj' (General Student Community of Bangladesh) around 11:00am on Friday (May 16).

They chanted slogans such as "We demand justice for Shammo's murder," "We want a campus free of outsiders," "We want justice," among others.

Earlier, the students gathered at the feet of the Raju sculpture on the Dhaka University campus.