Dhaka, Dec 18, 2025 (AFP) - Violence erupts in Bangladesh after wounded youth leader dies

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2025-12-18

Violence broke out in Bangladesh's capital early Friday after a youth leader of the country's 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was announced, to demand that his killers be arrested. Several buildings in the capital, including those housing the country's two leading newspapers, were......

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