Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reportedly resigned and fled the nation within the face of ongoing protests.
Footage on-line exhibits protesters looting Hasina’s official residence within the capital Dhaka.
Among the demonstrators have been additionally seen carrying chairs and what appears like a settee from the Ganabhaban residence.
The longtime chief of the nation boarded a army helicopter, an aide advised Al Jazeera after crowds ignored a nationwide curfew and stormed the prime minister’s palace.
Near 300 folks have died within the weeks of protest the authorities tried to crush.
Following an evening of lethal violence that killed near 100 on Sunday, rigidity remained excessive on Monday as protesters known as for a march on Dhaka and the military ready to handle the nation.
Within the early afternoon, the media started reporting that the ambiance on the streets had shifted to a celebratory one as information of Hasina’s departure unfold.
Chief of Military Workers, Common Waker-Uz-Zaman has canceled his deliberate tackle and is as an alternative holding talks with main political events, together with the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering (BNP).
Pictures on nationwide tv confirmed 1000’s of individuals breaking into the prime minister’s official residence.
It additionally confirmed massive crowds of protesters out on the road in scenes of jubilation because the information of the departure of Hasina began spreading.
An Al Jazeera reporter from Shahbag Sq., the epicenter of the scholar protesters, stated he has “by no means witnessed one thing like this” within the capital.
“College students and households with their kids out celebrating, checking if she has both left the nation or resigned,” Chowdhury stated.
“The federal government has probably fallen, and the military will determine what the subsequent step is, which might be an interim authorities,” he added.
