Almost 100 dead, hundreds more injured as protests reignite in Bangladesh

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Almost 100 dead, hundreds more injured as protests reignite in Bangladesh
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In response the government has declared a holiday, closing courts, cutting off the mobile internet service as well as access to Facebook and messaging apps.

Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime minister accusing them of “sabotage” and cutting off mobile internet in a bid to quell the unrest.said at least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in the violence on Sunday. Channel 24 reported at least 85 deaths.

The ruling Awami League party said the demand for Hasina’s resignation showed that the protests have been taken over by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the now-banned Jamaat-e-Islami party. Men run past a burning vehicle inside the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, set on fire by protesters.The demonstrators attacked Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, a major public hospital in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area, torching several vehicles.

Asif Iqbal, a resident medical officer at a state-run hospital in Feni, told reporters that they had five bodies at the hospital, all of them hit by bullets. It was not clear if they were protesters or ruling party activists.

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