VIOLENCE broke out in the capital of Bangladesh today as hundreds of student protesters and political activists clashed with supporters of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods and pipes, the activists attacked the supporters, preventing them from reaching the former home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ms Hasina’s father and assassinated independence leader, in Dhaka.

The house, now the Bangabandhu (“friend of Bengal”) Memorial Museum, in the Dhanmondi area, was set on fire by protesters hours after Ms Hasina’s downfall on August 5, which followed an uprising during which more than 300 people were killed.