Violence continues in Bangladesh.
Last Tuesday, bodies of at least 20 leaders of the Awami League and its allied organisations and their family members were recovered across the country.
At least 10 people have been killed in attacks and violence in Satkhira since Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and left the country. Homes of Awami League leaders and workers were vandalised and looted.
At least 11 people were killed in mob attacks in Comilla. Six people died when rioters set ablaze the three-storey house of former councillor Mohammad Shah Alam in Ashoktala.
Their bodies were recovered from the house on Monday night and Tuesday morning. These include five teenagers.
Eyewitnesses said that on Monday, an angry mob attacked the house of Shah Alam in the area. Some people climbed to the third floor of the house.
Meanwhile, the mob set the ground floor of the house on fire. Later, people who had taken shelter on the third floor died of smoke inhalation. At least 10 people were injured in the incident. One of them is being treated in the ICU.
At the same time, four people died when an angry mob set fire to the house of Natore-2 (Sadar and Naldanga) constituency MP Shafikul Islam Shimul.
On Tuesday morning, bodies were found in several rooms, balconies and roofs of the MP’s house ‘Jannati Palace’. According to eyewitnesses and local residents, an angry mob set fire to MP Shafikul’s house after hearing the news of Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.
His younger brother’s five-storey building next to the house and the MP’s old house were also set on fire. All three houses were looted.
Locals recovered the bodies of two Juba League leaders in Feni. Among them, the body of Juba League leader Mushfiqur Rahim was found under a bridge in Sonagaji Upazila. Mushfiqur was the office secretary of Dhalia Union Juba League.
The body of another Juba League leader, Badsha Mia, was found in Feni Sadar upazila in the morning. In Lalmonirhat, locals recovered six bodies from the house of district AL joint general secretary Suman Khan.
On Monday, a mob set a house on fire. In Bogra, a mob killed two Juba League leaders. The incident took place in Dirkhipara and Shahjahanpur upazila.
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