Bangladesh’s Hindy minority demands govt protect over retaliatory attacks - video Dailymotion

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00:00Since Haseena was ousted, hundreds of reports of attacks on Hindus and other minority communities

00:07have been coming from across the country.

00:10Thousands of members of minority communities have been protesting since Saturday.

00:16They say that their life is in grave danger and that Mohamed Yunus, they have full trust

00:22in this should be able to be heard and given protection.

00:26We tried to reach out to some of the victims, but they are too scared and in shock to talk

00:32to us on camera.

00:33But we managed to go just outside Dhaka and visit one house, which was completely burnt

00:39down.

00:40It was the house of a Hindu advocate, and the three-storey building was completely turned

00:47into ashes, from kitchen to electrical appliances like fridge, washing machine, children's room,

00:54books, toys, everything had turned into ashes and nothing was recognizable.

01:00We also went to a school by Christians, and there also everything was burnt down.

01:08It was very shocking for the authorities of the school.

01:13So there are ongoing protests from minority communities requesting protection from the

01:18state.

Bangladesh’s Hindy minority demands govt protect over retaliatory attacks

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