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Violence after ouster of Bangladesh leader stirs fear in country’s Hindu minority | AP News

Violence after ouster of Bangladesh leader stirs fear in country’s Hindu minority | AP News

Ever since Bangladesh’s prime minister was forced to step down and fled the country, her supporters and associates have faced retaliatory attacks. Members of the country’s Hindu minority feel the most vulnerable to mob violence because they have traditionally backed the former prime minister’s political party, the Awami League, and because of a history of violence against them during previous upheavals in the Muslim-majority country. (AP video shot by Al Emrun Garjon and Shonal Ganguly)

Ever since Bangladesh’s prime minister was forced to step down and fled the country, her supporters and associates have faced retaliatory attacks. Members of the country’s Hindu minority feel the most vulnerable to mob violence because they have traditionally backed the former prime minister’s political party, the Awami League, and because of a history of violence against them during previous upheavals in the Muslim-majority country. (AP video shot by Al Emrun Garjon and Shonal Ganguly)