8 killed as Bangladesh protests worsen

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 05, 2024 12:15 am

DHAKA — Clashes between Bangladeshi demonstrators demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign and pro-government supporters erupted killing at least eight people on Sunday, mainly from knife cuts and bullet wounds, police and doctors said.

Three were slain in the northern district of Pabna, two in the northern district of Rangpur, two in the capital Dhaka's Munshiganj district and one in the western district of Magura.

NOT GIVING UP Student activists hold a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Aug. 3, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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