Burned TV station showcases anger at Bangladesh PM
The Peninsula
Dhaka: Torn portraits of Bangladesh s independence hero litter a ransacked state television station a pointed expression of public fury against his...
Dhaka: Torn portraits of Bangladesh's independence hero litter a ransacked state television station -- a pointed expression of public fury against his daughter, who just witnessed the worst unrest of her premiership.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the nation on Bangladesh Television (BTV) last week to appeal for calm, just as a police crackdown on student protests was poised to tip into violent disorder.
The next day a mob of hundreds stormed the state broadcaster and set fire to an office building, along with dozens of other government and police posts around the capital Dhaka.
They also attacked a gallery hosting around 150 portraits of the premier's father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led the country after its devastating 1971 liberation war with Pakistan until his assassination four years later.
"This is a war zone," Bangladeshi information minister Mohammad Ali Arafat told reporters invited by the government and BTV to survey the destruction on Wednesday.
