Hasina supporters beaten after rally call

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 16, 2024 12:13 am

(UPDATE) DHAKA — A mob wielding bamboo rods and plastic pipes beat several suspected supporters of Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, vowing to quash a rumored rally for Bangladesh's ousted premier outside her childhood home.

Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter last week to neighboring India as student-led protests flooded the streets of the capital Dhaka in a dramatic end to her ironfisted 15-year rule.

GOTCHA GUY Student protesters grab hold of a suspected sympathizer of Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party for paying respects to her father, independence hero Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, during Rahman's death anniversary in the capital Dhaka on Aug. 15, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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