Fear of violence looms over a contentious Bangladesh election as polls open
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Bangladeshi polling officials count votes after the voting ended at a polling station in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Rehana, center, wails inside a hospital following the death of her husband, Mohammad Zillur, in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Daughter, right, holds the sandals of slain Mohammad Zillur, as family members wail at a hospital in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina displays the victory symbol after casting her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Polls have opened in Bangladesh as voters began casting their ballots in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Relatives of Bangladeshi man Mohammad Zillur, wail at a hospital in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Bangladeshi polling officials count votes after the voting ended at a polling station in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shows her ballot paper as she casts her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Polls have opened in Bangladesh as voters began casting their ballots in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)A Bangladeshi polling official carries a ballot box for counting shortly after the voting ended at a polling station in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Officials prepare to count votes of parliamentary election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan 7, 2024. Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in the election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League to seize a fourth consecutive term. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Bangladeshi polling officials empty the ballot boxes for counting after the voting ended at a polling station in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Rakibul, 6, comforts his mother Rehana mourning the death of her husband, Mohammad Zillur, at a hospital in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)The daughter of Mohammad Zillur wails holding his bloodstained shirt at a hospital in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Daughter, cries holding the sandals of slain Mohammad Zillur, as family members wail at a hospital in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Body of Bangladeshi man Mohammad Zillur, lies on a stretcher at a hospital, in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Zillur, a supporter of a candidate from the ruling Awami League was stabbed to death on Sunday as Bangladesh voted in a parliamentary election boycotted by the main opposition party. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Bangladeshi polling officials count votes after the voting ended at a polling station in Munshiganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)