SUST students clash with locals in Sylhet

At least 21 people including students were injured after clashes broke out between students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and the locals in Sylhet's Akhalia area this evening.

The clash started around 5:00pm as a group of locals got into an altercation with a security guard of the university after being barred from entering the campus, reports our Sylhet correspondent citing eyewitnesses.

Police went to the spot and brought the situation under control by 6:30pm.

Saiful Alam Rukon, officer-in-charge of Jalalabad Police Station, said, "The students have gathered inside the campus and locals have taken up positions in different points around the campus. Additional police have been deployed in the area."

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