Students against discrimination wave flags by standing on top of Raju Memorial Sculpture as they join in a rally to mark one month of the end of Awami League regime, at the University of Dhaka, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
DHAKA (Reuters) - About 1,500 people died in protests that brought down Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina this year, and as many as 3,500 may have been forcibly abducted during her 15-year rule, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Sunday.
The estimate by the economist and Nobel peace laureate, who is due to organise elections, is higher than the previous official count of about 1,000 deaths in the student-led demonstrations, which drew a ferocious crackdown.
