Bangladesh poll booths burn on election eve, as train arson kills four

Polling booths were set ablaze in Bangladesh on the eve of Sunday's general elections, while four people, two children among them, were killed in a train fire that the government decried as arson targeting democratic values. Friday's fire broke out at about 9 p.m. injuring eight passengers as it spread to four compartments of the Benapole Express headed for the capital, Dhaka. "The timing of this tragedy, just a day before the election ... shows an absolute intention to hinder the festivity, safety and security of the democratic processes of the country," Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen said.