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Thousands in Bangladesh destroy a family home of ousted former PM Hasina
Protesters use heavy machinery to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's former leader and the father of the country's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at Dhanmondi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 6, 2025
THOUSANDS of protesters in Bangladesh took out their anger at exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday by destroying a home belonging to her family in the capital, Dhaka.
The attack was sparked by a speech that Ms Hasina planned to give to supporters from exile in neighbouring India, where she fled last year during a student-led uprising against her 15-year rule.
The house had been home to Ms Hasina’s late father and Bangladesh independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who declared the country’s formal break from Pakistan in 1971.
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