At Least 29 Leaders of Sheikh Hasina’s Party Killed in Violence Torn Bangladesh

Bodies of 29 leaders of the Awami League and their families killed by the violent mob were recovered across Bangladesh on Tuesday. They were killed after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and escaped out of the country to India.

At least 10 people were killed in violence in Satkhira after ouster of Hasina on Monday. Houses and business establishments belonging to several Awami League leaders were attacked and looted, reported The Dhaka Tribune.

In Cumilla, at least 11 people were murdered by the mobs. Six people were burnt alive when the house of a former councillor was set on fire by miscreants. The charred bodies included those of five teenagers.

Four people died after a mob torched the house of an MP Shafiqul Islam Shimul on Tuesday.

Locals found the bodies of two leaders of Jubo League, the youth wing of Awami League, reported The Dhaka Tribune.

In Bogra, a mob hacked two Jubo League leaders to death.

On Monday, locals found six bodies from the house of district Awami League Joint General Secretary Suman Khan that was set on fire by a mob in Lalmonirhat on Monday.