Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her palace as local television broadcast images of crowds storming her residence.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her palace on Monday, a source told the AFP news agency, as masses of protesters demanding her resignation roamed the streets of Dhaka and the army chief was set to address the nation. Local television station Channel 24 showed images of crowds running into the prime minister's residence in the capital.CBS News partner network BBC News reported that Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and had left the country.
Internet access was tightly restricted on Monday, offices were closed and more than 3,500 factories servicing Bangladesh's economically vital garment industry were shut.Soldiers and police with armored vehicles in Dhaka had barricaded routes to Hasina's office with barbed wire, AFP reporters said, but vast crowds flooded the streets, tearing down barriers.The local Business Standard newspaper estimated as many as 400,000 protesters were on the streets.
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