4–5 August 2024: Last days of protests, Hasina flees the country

This document is a section from a Country of Origin Information (COI) Report on Bangladesh, published by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), specifically covering the final days of the 2024 Bangladesh protest movement on 4–5 August 2024. The document details the intense and deadly violence that occurred during those two days, including mass clashes between protesters, police, and Awami League supporters across multiple cities, resulting in an estimated nearly 400 deaths on August 5 alone. Key events covered include widespread lethal force used by police against protesters, retaliatory killings and lynchings of police officers and Awami League members, attacks on media outlets and government buildings, and the critical moment when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter to India after the army refused to fire on civilians and protesters stormed her official residence around 14:00 on August 5. The document also describes the immediate aftermath of Hasina's departure, including surging retaliatory violence against Awami League affiliates, the destruction of approximately 450 out of 639 police stations, attacks on religious and indigenous minority groups, and the storming of parliament — drawing on sources including UN OHCHR, Human Rights Watch, and multiple Bangladeshi news outlets.

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