The violence saw deaths of at least 14 people including

Haidar, who apparently incurred the wrath of the Islamists for his internet blog campaign demanding ban on the JI politics and boycott of the health, banking and other services as part of the youngsters "non-political and non-partisan" movement. "We announce from here, we will not go back home until the war criminals are hanged, his (Haidar's) assailants are exposed to justice and politics of Jamaat and Shibir is banned," said a leading organiser of the Shahbagh protest. Meanwhile, JI has called a nationwide general strike on Monday and enforced a localised one in Cox's Bazar today to protest deaths of three of the party's activists yesterday. Thousands of people in Bangladesh have held candlelight vigils in last two days, at the call of the Shahbagh protestors seeking national solidarity for their campaign. Parliament members have also joined the vigil in memory of the 1971 war martyrs killed by Pakistani troops. Ten high-profile accused were tried by courts for war crimes and on February 5, a special tribunal convicted JI leader Abdul Quader Mollah for "crimes against humanity" and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The verdict angered the youngsters and 1971 war veterans and surprised many as they believed he deserved death penalty as the tribunal had found charges like mass killings, rapes and arson, valid against Mollah.