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Dozens of people are dead and hundreds of others are injured after protests turned violent in Bangladesh, and they are still raging across the country.
The protests against the government's job quota system, where they allocate around 30% of government jobs to Bangladeshi veterans from their war for independence in 1971, have been going on all week after last month's events. In 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stopped the quota system due to extreme protests from students. However, Bangladesh's High Court reinstated it last month following protests from veterans, sparking the rallies once again.
Earlier this week, peaceful protests were taking place across the country, with students angry over the fact that important government jobs were being unfairly saved for veterans. However, reports stated that when protests ramped up, police released tear gas onto crowds and fired rubber bullets at young students. Unfortunately, at least 6 people were killed, multiple of which were found with real bullet wounds. The shooters of those victims are still unknown, though.
Then, later in the week, protests became more violent. People stormed into buildings and set them on fire, with a total of 22 people being killed on Thursday. Students demanded to send the country into a complete shutdown as a fight against the quotas, and phone and internet services were completely cut off on Thursday.
On another note, 16 people are dead after a severe fire at a shopping mall in China's Sichuan province.
The fire broke out on Wednesday evening in the city of Zigong, engulfing the 14-story building in flames. The building contains lots of flammable material, as it has various different commercial businesses such as a mall, department store, theater, and multiple restaurants. Hundreds of vehicles and firefighters showed up to battle the blaze, and it was quickly extinguished-- allowing them to save over 75 people.
Investigations have been launched into the incident to see what caused the fire, but early assumptions say it seems to be due to some construction work going on in the building.
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