Bangladeshi protesters destroy statue of ousted PM Hasina's father with sledgehammer

Protesters were seen celebrating in Dhaka on Monday (August 5), as they climbed atop a statue of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's father, state founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and began destroying it with a sledgehammer.

Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas and swelled into a movement demanding her downfall.

Jubilant crowds stormed into the opulent grounds of the presidential residence unopposed, carrying out looted furniture and TVs. One man balanced a red velvet, gilt-edged chair on his head. Another held an armful of vases.

The flight into exile ended a 15-year second stint in power for Hasina, who has ruled for 20 of the last 30 years as leader of the political movement inherited from her father, assassinated with most of his family in a 1975 coup.

Hasina had left the country for her own safety at the insistence of her family, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy told the BBC World Service.

Earlier, army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced Hasina's resignation in a televised address to the nation and said an interim government would be formed.

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[slayer]

I wonder how many people walked home without their shoes😂

[banznongz]

Even Messi went to Bangladesh for protesting 😂😂😂

[BabyJesus]

To be fair, it seems like the statue was winning. 😂😂

[Naturalscene]

Bangladeshi people have forgotten their freedom fighters.

[Gamer_Boyz_]

This reminds me of Iraq when saddam's statue was demolished. Now the Iraqi people are crying and want him back.

[pankojsarkar]

Please do something for the Hindu minorities of Bangladesh... They are suffering a lot.

[uoohknk]

5 years from now, another coup, 7 years from now, another coup, 10 years from now...guess what?

[dlcwdj]

He is the founder of the nation before anything else..

[MuhammadImran-dtiu]

I am from Pakistan.
I think Bangladesh people shouldn't disrespect Sheikh Mujeeb. He was a freedom fighter for them.

[tarunrai]

He is the one who led the Bangladeshi
independence movement and restored sovereignty after over two And now...

[hssp]

wait a minute!! wasn't he the one who gave Bangladesh independence from the brutal oppression of the rogue & terrorist state of Pakistan?? strange why would they do this to their statue

[Foxie]

They build statues but can’t feed their people. They do this over and over again. So sad

[redarmy]

Remember what iraq did with Saddam Hossain....? Today they still regret, now Bangladesh.... unfortunate future waiting for Bangladesh..

[rickbeal]

Lie about the past and destroy the evidence. To repeat that tragedies of the past say they didn't happen.

[imthevoice]

Saddened by seeing slippers been thrown at that statue, this generation is of no use, they are just bunch of angered mindless bots

[aliahmed]

Before independence Mujib was like Moses but after Liberation he became Faraoh!

[coolhunknik]

It reminds me of Sadam Hussain statue and after few years of demolition, iraqi people repent upon their decision.
Bangladesh is a progressive country and few weeks ago President Sheikh hasina acused USA for creating a christian country from his Islamic country and now this Happens....

[mikebice]

What a paradise! There so lucky smart!

[alloneofficial]

Poorest country at the same time and destroyed everything in their path do you think how can they rebuild it

[Achintyanath]

Bangladesh Hindus should be given Indian citizenship now