Wartime fuel shortages spawn panic, robberies and killings in Asia
The Washington Post • • world
Key Points:
- Fuel shortages in parts of Asia are causing increased violence and instability, linked to the broader impacts of the U.S.-Israeli conflict involving Iran.
- In Bangladesh, illegal groups are stealing fuel at night and attacking transport vehicles to hoard supplies, according to a gas station owners' trade association.
- Fuel thefts and violent assaults over shortages have resulted in deaths of gas pump workers in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.
- In the Philippines, thousands of transportation workers recently went on strike to protest sharply rising diesel prices.
