Unidentified assailants vandalize an workplace of Jatiya Celebration that supported the nation’s ousted chief Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on October 31, 2024
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Attackers set fireplace to the headquarters of a Bangladesh social gathering that supported the nation’s ousted chief Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (October 31, 2024) evening, media stories mentioned. There was no info if anybody was injured.

Nobody instantly claimed duty for the assault on the Jatiya Celebration workplaces in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. TV stations and different media mentioned the attackers stormed the social gathering headquarters in Dhaka’s Bijoy Nagar space, clashing with social gathering members who have been there and finally setting the premises on fireplace.

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The prolong of the injury was not instantly recognized. Firefighters rushed to the scene, in response to Rashed bin Khaled, an official of the Fireplace Service and Civil Protection. Bin Khaled, who spoke to The Related Press by telephone, had no different particulars.

The social gathering is Bangladesh’s third largest and was based by former navy dictator H.M. Ershad within the Nineteen Eighties.

Because the assault was underway, a outstanding chief of a pupil protest motion that led to Ms. Hasina’s ouster in August mentioned the Jatiya Celebration needs to be “destroyed” for its help of her authorities.

Hasnat Abdullah, the scholar chief, claimed in a Fb submit that the Jatiya social gathering was “a nationwide betrayer.”

Mr. Abdullah is from the Anti-Discrimination Scholar Motion, which spearheaded the July protests. He additionally urged college students to assemble on the Dhaka College and march towards the Jatiya Celebration headquarters.

Mujibul Haque Chunnu, the social gathering’s secretary basic, blamed the scholars for the assault. “Persons are watching what they’re doing with us,” he mentioned. “It’s dwell in social media … they’re doing it publicly, brazenly.”

Hasina’s Bangladesh Awami League social gathering dominated the nation for 15 years, since 2009. Her critics mentioned the Jatiya Celebration had acted to provide Hasina’s rule a veneer or democracy as different main political events didn’t participate within the elections.