DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Deadly clashes between police and demonstrators demanding a change to job quotas in Bangladesh have left the streets littered with bullets and marked with smears of blood.
Students clash over a controversial quota system for government job applicants, at Jahangir Nagar University in Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh , Monday, July 15, 2024.Students clash over a controversial quota system for government job applicants, at Jahangir Nagar University in Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh , Monday, July 15, 2024.
Police fire tear gas shells and rubber bullets to disperse students shouting slogans in favour of a controversial quota system for government job applicants, at the university campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Students beat a policeman with sticks during a protest over a controversial quota system for government job applicants, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday July 18, 2024.
Police fire tear gas shells to disperse students protesting over a controversial quota system for government job applicants, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 19, 2024. Students clash with police during a protest over a controversial quota system for government job applicants, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 19, 2024.
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