Bangladesh has positioned tanks at the entrance of the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium after fans attacked a bus carrying the West Indies team in Dhaka last week.
Bangladesh has positioned tanks at the entrance of the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium after fans attacked a bus carrying the West Indies team in Dhaka last week.
Authorities in Chittagong are taking no chances, and there are gun-toting guards on every floor of the team hotel and an armed escort accompanies the players to the ground.
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Bangladeshi fans threw stones at the West Indies bus and also attacked the house of the Bangladesh captain, Shakib al-Hasan, after Bangladesh were dismissed for their lowest one-day total of 58 in their nine-wicket defeat.
Hosting the World Cup has been seen as a huge honour for Bangladesh and cost the government of one of the world's poorest nations more than 22 million pounds, The Telegraph reports.
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