Protesters attack supporters of ousted Bangladesh PM in Dhaka

Hundreds of students and activists prevent Sheikh Hasina followers from visiting her father's former house

Hundreds of student protesters and political activists armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes have assaulted supporters of the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and prevented them from reaching the previous house of her father and assassinated independence leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in Dhaka.

The house in the Dhanmondi area of the capital was turned into a museum to showcase narratives and other objects about a military coup on 15 August 1975, when Rahman was killed along with most of his family members. The house, now called Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, was torched by the protesters hours after Hasina's downfall on 5 August following an uprising during which more than 300 people were killed.