Bangladeshi students set fire to Bangladesh’s state broadcaster on Thursday ( 18 ), a day after Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network to calm the country’s growing conflict, which has resulted in the deaths of at least 32 people.
Thousands of protesters fought up against riot police who had fired rubber bullets at them, pursuing the retreating officers to BTV’s office in Dhaka, demanding changes to legal support hiring laws.
A BTV national told AFP on condition of anonymity that the angry crowd therefore set ablaze the show’s welcome tower and lots of cars parked outside.
The journalist claimed that “many people” were trapped inside as the flames unfold, but a station official later confirmed that the building had been evacuated without incident.
As police intensify efforts to bring the government’s deteriorating law and order situation under control, Hasina’s state has ordered schools and universities to similar continuously.
The top made an appearance on the journalist on Wednesday evening to denounce the “murder” of activists and promise that those responsible will get punished regardless of their political affiliation.
Despite her plea for quiet, however, the violence continued on the streets as officers once more used tear gas and rubber bullets to scuttle demonstrations.
According to a count of fatality statistics from facilities compiled by AFP, there were at least 25 deaths on Thursday, in addition to seven earlier in the week, and thousands more were injured.
According to medical characters who were able to provide to AFP, police weapons were the cause of at least two-thirds of those incidents.
” We’ve got seven dead here”, an official at Uttara Crescent Hospital in the capital Dhaka, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal, told AFP.
” The second two had wounds from rubber bullets,” the second said. The various five had gunshot accidents”.
The doctor reported that roughly 1, 000 others had been treated for wounds they had sustained in policefights, with many more having plastic bullet wounds.