Protesters torch Sheikh Mujib's house

Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh's founding leader as his daughter, ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, called on her supporters to stand against the interim government. The South Asian nation of 170 million people has struggled with political strife since Hasina was forced to flee to neighbouring India in August following weeks of protests against her rule in which more than 1,000 people were killed. Witnesses said several thousand protesters, some armed with sticks, hammers and other tools, gathered around the historic house and independence monument while others brought a crane and excavator to demolish the building late on Wednesday. The demolition continued into Thursday, with much of the front of the house destroyed. Many people were seen breaking into it and taking steel and wooden items and books from inside. The protest rally was organised alongside a broader call, dubbed "Bulldozer Procession", to disrupt Hasina's scheduled online address on Wednesday evening. Protesters, many aligned with the "Students Against Discrimination" group, voiced fury over Hasina's speech they saw as a challenge to the newly formed interim government. Led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the government has struggled to maintain law and order as protests and unrest have continued. Demonstrators have attacked symbols of Hasina's government, including the house of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which was first set ablaze in August. A symbol of the country's establishment, the house is where Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971. He and most of his family were assassinated at the house in 1975. Hasina, who survived the attack, transformed the building into a museum dedicated to her father's legacy.

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