Violence erupts in Bangladesh after death of youth leader
Violent protests broke out in the capital, Dhaka, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key leader from the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising.Live TV
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Violence erupts in Bangladesh after death of youth leader
Violent protests broke out in the capital, Dhaka, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key leader from the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising.
Protesters in front of the premises of the Prothom Alo daily newspaper
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in BangladeshImage: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo/picture alliance
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Key points about protests in Bangladesh
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Dhaka following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi
Hadi was a prominent figure in the 2024 mass uprising that saw the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
He died in a hospital in Singapore on Thursday after being shot by assailants last week
Mobs torched the offices of two leading newspapers following the news of Hadi’s death
Violent protests erupted across Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh after the death of prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi was announced on Thursday evening.
Protesters are demanding the arrest of Hadi’s killers.
Hadi died in a Singapore hospital on Thursday. The 32-year-old had been receiving advanced treatment there after being shot in the head on December 12 by a masked man riding on the back of a motorbike.
He was one of the most prominent figures of the 2024 uprising that ended the autocratic rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and sent her fleeing to India.
What do we know about the Bangladesh protests so far?
Groups of protesters stormed the offices of two leading Bangladeshi newspapers, the Bengali-language Prothom Aloi and the English-language Daily Star.
Hadi was an outspoken critic of India, where Hasina remains in self-imposed exile, and protesters accuse the papers of serving Indian interests in the Muslim-majority country.
The crowds set the two newspaper buildings on fire, trapping journalists and other staff inside.Firefighters rescued several people using ladders, and army contingents were later deployed in front of the buildings amid the protests.
Zyma Islam, a Daily Star reporter, said she was trapped inside the burning building.
“I can’t breathe anymore. There’s too much smoke. I am inside. You are killing me,” she wrote on her Facebook page.
Violent protests broke out in the capital, Dhaka, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key leader from the country’s 2024 pro-democracy up
Violence erupts in Bangladesh after death of youth leader
Violent protests broke out in the capital, Dhaka, following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key leader from the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising.
Protesters in front of the premises of the Prothom Alo daily newspaper
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in BangladeshImage: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo/picture alliance
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Key points about protests in Bangladesh
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Dhaka following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi
Hadi was a prominent figure in the 2024 mass uprising that saw the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
He died in a hospital in Singapore on Thursday after being shot by assailants last week
Mobs torched the offices of two leading newspapers following the news of Hadi’s death
Violent protests erupted across Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh after the death of prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi was announced on Thursday evening.
Protesters are demanding the arrest of Hadi’s killers.
Hadi died in a Singapore hospital on Thursday. The 32-year-old had been receiving advanced treatment there after being shot in the head on December 12 by a masked man riding on the back of a motorbike.
He was one of the most prominent figures of the 2024 uprising that ended the autocratic rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and sent her fleeing to India.
What do we know about the Bangladesh protests so far?
Groups of protesters stormed the offices of two leading Bangladeshi newspapers, the Bengali-language Prothom Aloi and the English-language Daily Star.
Hadi was an outspoken critic of India, where Hasina remains in self-imposed exile, and protesters accuse the papers of serving Indian interests in the Muslim-majority country.
The crowds set the two newspaper buildings on fire, trapping journalists and other staff inside.Firefighters rescued several people using ladders, and army contingents were later deployed in front of the buildings amid the protests.
Zyma Islam, a Daily Star reporter, said she was trapped inside the burning building.
“I can’t breathe anymore. There’s too much smoke. I am inside. You are killing me,” she wrote on her Facebook page.
