Tens of thousands attend funeral of killed Bangladesh student leader

Dhaka: Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday for the funeral of a student leader, after two days of viol...

Dhaka: Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday for the funeral of a student leader, after two days of violent protests over his killing.

Huge crowds accompanied the funeral procession of Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in last year's pro-democracy uprising who died in a hospital in Singapore on Thursday after being shot by masked gunmen while leaving a Dhaka mosque.

Police wearing body cameras were deployed in front of the parliament building where the funeral prayers were held.

Hadi's body, which was brought to the capital on Friday, was buried at the central mosque of Dhaka University.

“We have not come here to say goodbye,” interim leader Muhammad Yunus said in an emotional speech.