A teenage activist in Bangladesh was killed during clashes in which police fired live bullets to disperse crowds ahead of a nationwide strike on Tuesday

A teenage activist in Bangladesh was killed during clashes in which police fired live bullets to disperse crowds ahead of a nationwide strike on Tuesday, officials said.
  
Local police chief Tariqul Islam told AFP that the cause of the activist's death was unclear while a medical official said the 18-year-old died after being admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.
  
The Jamaat-e-Islami member died on Monday night in violence in the northern town of Chirirbandar, 300 kilometres (180 miles) from the capital Dhaka. "We fired seven rounds of live bullets, rubber bullets and tear gas shells," Islam, the local police chief, said.
  
Shihidul Islam, a nurse at Rangpur Medical College Hospital, said the activist died as he was brought to the clinic. "He has a bullet shot in his head," he told AFP. About 20 policemen were also injured in the clashes, the police chief said.

Jamaat called the strike to protest against the trial of its leaders who have been arrested and face charges of alleged war crimes during the country's 1971 liberation struggle.