At least 29 bodies of Awami League leaders and their family members were found across violence-hit Bangladesh. This happened after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and left for India.
Protests by students over a controversial quota system had grown, leading to widespread demands for the 76-year-old leader’s resignation.
The local newspaper said at least 10 people were killed in attacks and violence in Satkhira after Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country on Monday. The homes and businesses of her party leaders and activists were also vandalized and looted.
In Cumilla, mobs killed at least 11 people. Six of these deaths occurred when miscreants set fire to a three-storey house belonging to former councillor Mohammad Shah Alam. Among the 11 bodies found from the house on Monday night and Tuesday morning were five teenagers.
In Dhaka, parts of the Awami League’s central office in the Gulistan area were set on fire multiple times. Meanwhile, hundreds of people looted furniture, tiles, rods, and other items from the burning building.