, July 12 -- Students from various universities, including Dhaka University, Buet, Jagannath University (JnU) and Jahangirnagar University (JU) staged demonstrations on Friday night protesting the brutal killing of a trader in front of Sir Salimullah Medical College (Mitford) Hospital in the old part of the capital.

Several hundred students of Jagannath University (JnU) brought out a procession from Shaheed Minar on the campus around 9 pm.

The procession ended at Bhasa Shahid Rafiq Bhaban after parading through Roy Shaheb Bazar, TantiBazar, Nayabazar and Mitford Hospital.

The protesters demanded speedy trial of the killing.

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