Protesters storm Bangladesh PM's palace after she flees; Hasina reported to be in India

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Cheering protesters stormed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Monday (Aug 5) after she fled, the culmination of more than a month of deadly anti-government protests.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ycky4mt6  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thousands of people poured into the streets of Dhaka on Monday after Bangladesh Prime

00:07Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned, the culmination of more than a month of deadly anti-government

00:12protests.

00:19Army Chief General Walker Uss Zaman said in a televised address that Hasina had left the

00:24country and that an interim government would be formed.

00:27CNN News 18 reported that 76-year-old Hasina landed in India's northeastern city of Agartala

00:34after fleeing Dhaka, and that India is set to offer a safe passage to her.

00:39Thousands of people also stormed Hasina's official residence.

00:43Crowds were seen in the drawing rooms of the residence, and some could be seen carrying

00:47away televisions, chairs and tables from what was one of the most protected buildings in

00:53the country.

00:55Protesters in Dhaka also climbed atop a large statue of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur

01:01Rahman, Hasina's father, and began chiseling away at the head with an axe.

01:07Bangladesh has been engulfed by protests and violence that began last month after student

01:11groups demanded scrapping of a controversial quota system in government jobs.

01:16That escalated into a campaign to seek the ouster of Hasina, who won a fourth straight

01:21term in January in an election boycotted by the opposition.

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