Protesters towards quotas conflict with police in Dhaka on July 19, 2024. Police in Bangladesh’s capital banned all public demonstrations on July 19, a day after the deadliest spherical of scholar protests but noticed authorities buildings set ablaze by protesters and a nationwide web blackout imposed. | Photograph credit score: AFP
Scholar protesters in Bangladesh’s central Narsingdi district stormed a jail on Friday and freed tons of of inmates earlier than setting it on fireplace, a police official stated. AFP.
“The inmates fled the jail and the protesters set fireplace to it,” stated the police officer, who spoke on situation of anonymity. “I don’t know the variety of inmates, nevertheless it might be tons of.”
Moushumi Sarker, a senior authorities official in Narsingdi district, confirmed the jailbreak AFP however didn’t give additional particulars.
A Narsingdi resident who lives close to the jail and gave his identify as Ripon informed AFP he noticed no less than 20 males leaving the ability carrying their belongings in luggage.
At the very least 50 individuals have been killed in Bangladesh this week after police stepped up a crackdown on scholar protests calling for reforms to public service procurement guidelines.