Bangladesh arrests 1,300 in crackdown on pro-Hasina protests
Bangladesh police officials have arrested more than a thousand people after the government launched a crackdown on supporters backing ex-leader Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh police officials have arrested more than a thousand people after the government launched a crackdown on supporters backing ex-leader Sheikh Hasina.
Anti-government protesters say ex-leader Hasina has been interfering in politics from exile in IndiaImage: Abu Sufian Jewel/IMAGO
Bangladesh police arrested more than 1,300 people amid reports of mob violence over the weekend.
Tensions have flared since mass protests brought down the government of embattled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August last year.
Last week, demonstrators destroyed the house of her father and the founding father of the country, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The attack was sparked by a speech that Hasina planned to give supporters from exile in India.
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