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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - In this handout photograph taken and released on July 25, 2024 by Bangladesh Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the media at a vandalised metro station in Mirpur, after the anti-quota protests. — Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office/AFP pic
DHAKA, Aug 5 — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned today and fled the country, multiple sources said, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago.
Army chief General Waker-Us-Zaman said in a televised address that Hasina 76, had left the country and that an interim government would be formed.
Media reports said she had flown in a military helicopter with her sister and was headed to the eastern Indian state of West Bengal just across the border. Another report said she was headed to India’s northeastern state of Tripura.
Reuters could not immediately verify the reports.
Television visuals showed thousands of people pouring into the streets of the capital Dhaka in jubilation and shouting slogans. Thousands also stormed Hasina’s official residence ‘Ganabhaban’, shouting slogans, pumping fists and showing victory signs.
Television visuals showed crowds in the drawing rooms of the residence, and some people could be seen carrying away televisions, chairs and tables from what was one of the most protected buildings in the country.
“She has fled the country, fled the country,” some shouted.
Protesters block the Shahbagh intersection during a protest in Dhaka in August 4, 2024, to demand justice for the victims arrested and killed in the recent nationwide violence during anti-quota protests. — AFP pic
Protesters in Dhaka also climbed atop a large statue of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina’s father, and began chiselling away at the head with an axe, the visuals showed.
Student activists had called for a march to the capital Dhaka today in defiance of a nationwide curfew to press Hasina to resign, a day after deadly clashes across the country killed nearly 100 people. About 150 people were killed in protests last month.
Today, at least six people were killed in clashes between police and protesters in the Jatrabari and Dhaka Medical College areas today, the Daily Star newspaper reported. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
Bangladesh has been engulfed by protests and violence that began last month after student groups demanded scrapping of a controversial quota system in government jobs.
That escalated into a campaign to seek the ouster of Hasina, who won a fourth straight term in January in an election boycotted by the opposition. — Reuters
Passersby look at a burnt vehicle along a street amid anti-government protests in Dhaka on August 5, 2024. — AFP pic
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