Violence in Bangladesh after wounded youth leader Hadi's death; media houses set on fire | LIVE

A radical of radical acceptable occurrence to the Prothom Alo paper bureau successful Karwan Bazar, pursuing the decease of Sharif Osman Hadi, a pupil person who had been receiving attraction successful Singapore aft being changeable successful the head, successful Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Sharif Osman Hadi, a salient person of the July Uprising who was changeable past week, died connected Thursday (December 18, 2025) portion undergoing attraction astatine a Singapore infirmary aft warring for his beingness for six days.

In a televised code to the federation precocious Thursday night, Chief Adviser Yunus announced Hadi’s death and promised swift enactment to drawback his killers.

Hundreds of students and radical gathered astatine the capital’s Shahbagh intersection adjacent Dhaka University field pursuing the announcement of Hadi’s decease and chanted slogans similar “Who are you, who americium I – Hadi, Hadi”.

Violence broke retired aft thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka. Several buildings successful the capital, including those lodging the country’s 2 starring newspapers, were acceptable connected fire, according to authorities, with unit trapped inside.

A radical of people, believed to beryllium portion of the protesters, attacked Bangla paper Prothom Alo’s bureau astatine the capital’s Karwan Bazar, adjacent the Shahbagh intersection.

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