Bangladeshi protesters storm and destroy house linked to exiled former PM Hasina

Protesters vandalise the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s former leader and the father of the country’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, at Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)

Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh took out their anger at exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolise the country’s independence — and now, they say, the authoritarianism they believe she led.

The attack on Wednesday was sparked by a speech Ms Hasina planned to give to supporters from exile in neighbouring India, where she fled last year during a deadly student-led uprising against her 15-year rule.